Leviticus 25:1-7

GOD’S WORD Translation

The Year to Honor the Lord

25 The Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, ² “Tell the Israelites: When you come into the land I’m giving you, the land will celebrate a year to honor the Lord. ³ Then, for six years you may plant crops in your fields, prune your vineyards, and gather what they produce. ⁴ However, the seventh year will be a festival year for the land. It will be a year to honor the Lord. Don’t plant crops in your fields or prune your vineyards. ⁵ Don’t harvest what grows by itself or harvest grapes from your vines. That year will be a festival for the land. ⁶ Whatever the land produces during that year is for all of you to eat—for you, your male and female slaves, your hired workers, foreigners among you, ⁷ your animals and the wild animals in your land. Everything the land produces will be yours to eat.