Leviticus 25:1-7
Lexham English Bible
The Sabbath Year
25 Then[a] Yahweh spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai,[b] saying, 2 “Speak to the Israelites,[c] and say to them, ‘When you[d] come into the land that I am about to give to you,[e] then[f] the land shall observe a Sabbath for Yahweh. 3 Six years you[g] shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and you shall gather its yield. 4 But[h] in the seventh year it shall be a Sabbath of complete rest[i] for the land—a Sabbath for Yahweh; you[j] must not sow your field, and you must not prune your vineyard. 5 You[k] must not reap your harvest’s aftergrowth, and you must not harvest the grapes of your unpruned vines—it shall be a year of complete rest[l] for the land. 6 And a Sabbath of the land shall be for food for you:[m] for you[n] and for your slave and for your slave woman and for your hired worker and for your temporary residents[o] who are dwelling as aliens with you; 7 and all its yield shall be for your[p] domestic animal and for the wild animal, which are in your land to eat.
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- Leviticus 25:1 Or “And”
- Leviticus 25:1 Literally “the mountain of Sinai”
- Leviticus 25:2 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Leviticus 25:2 Plural
- Leviticus 25:2 Plural
- Leviticus 25:2 Or “and”
- Leviticus 25:3 Singular throughout this verse
- Leviticus 25:4 Or “And”
- Leviticus 25:4 Literally “a Sabbath of ‘Sabbathation.’” “Sabbathation” is not a real word, but it is devised as an attempt to convey the sounds of the related nouns in the Hebrew phrase
- Leviticus 25:4 Singular throughout this verse
- Leviticus 25:5 Singular throughout this verse
- Leviticus 25:5 Literally “a year of a rest period”
- Leviticus 25:6 Plural
- Leviticus 25:6 Singular here and through the rest of this verse
- Leviticus 25:6 Collective singular; Hebrew “temporary resident”
- Leviticus 25:7 Singular throughout this verse
Leviticus 25:1-7
English Standard Version
The Sabbath Year
25 (A)The Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into (B)the land that I give you, the land shall keep a Sabbath to the Lord. 3 For six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its fruits, 4 but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to the Lord. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard. 5 (C)You shall not reap what grows of itself in your harvest, or gather the grapes of your undressed vine. It shall be a year of solemn rest for the land. 6 The Sabbath of the land[a] shall provide food for you, for yourself and for your male and female slaves[b] and for your hired worker and the sojourner who lives with you, 7 and for your cattle and for the wild animals that are in your land: (D)all its yield shall be for food.
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- Leviticus 25:6 That is, the Sabbath produce of the land
- Leviticus 25:6 Or servants
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