The Time of Rest for the Land

25 The Lord said to Moses at Mount Sinai, ² “Tell the people of Israel this: ‘When you enter the land I will give you, let it have a ·special time of rest, to honor [^Lsabbath to/for] the Lord. ³ You may plant seed in your field for six years, and you may trim your vineyards for six years and bring in their fruits. ⁴ But during the seventh year, you must let the land ·rest [have a sabbath]. This will be a ·special time to honor [^Lsabbath to/for] the Lord. You must not plant seed in your field or ·trim [prune] your vineyards. ⁵ You must not cut the crops that grow by themselves after harvest, or gather the grapes from your vines that are not ·trimmed [pruned]. The land will have a ·year of rest [sabbath].

⁶ “‘You may eat whatever the land produces during that ·year of rest [sabbath]. It will be food for your men and women servants, for your hired workers, and for the ·foreigners living in your country [sojourners; wanderers; resident aliens]. ⁷ It will also be food for your cattle and the wild animals of your land. Whatever the land produces may be eaten.