Leviticus 19:23-25
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23 “When you come into the land and plant all kinds of trees for food, then you shall regard their fruit as forbidden;[a] three years it shall be forbidden[b] to you; it must not be eaten. 24 In the fourth year all their fruit shall be set apart for rejoicing in the Lord.(A) 25 But in the fifth year you may eat of their fruit, that their yield may be increased for you: I am the Lord your God.
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Leviticus 19:23-25
Evangelical Heritage Version
23 Also when you enter the land and plant any kind of fruit tree, you must cut off its budding fruit as if it were a foreskin. For three years you shall regard the tree and its fruit as uncircumcised. Its fruit shall not be eaten.[a] 24 In the fourth year, all its fruit shall be set aside as a holy offering of praise to the Lord. 25 You may eat its fruit in the fifth year, so that its yield may be increased for you. I am the Lord your God.
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- Leviticus 19:23 The text speaks of a sort of “circumcision” of trees. Many translations simply ignore the literal meaning of the text here.
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