Leviticus 25:1-22.
Leviticus 25:1-22.
1 "The LORD spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai and commanded him 2 to give
the following regulations to the people of Israel. When you enter the
land that the LORD is giving you, you shall honor the LORD by not
cultivating the land every seventh year. 3 You shall plant your
fields, prune your vineyards, and gather your crops for six years. 4
But the seventh year is to be a year of complete rest for the land, a
year dedicated to the LORD. Do not plant your fields or prune your
vineyards. 5 Do not even harvest the grain that grows by itself
without being planted, and do not gather the grapes from your unpruned
vines; it is a year of complete rest for the land. 6 Although the land
has not been cultivated during that year, it will provide food for
you, your slaves, your hired men, the foreigners living with you, 7
your domestic animals, and the wild animals in your fields. Everything
that it produces may be eaten. 8 Count seven times seven years, a
total of forty-nine years. 9 Then, on the tenth day of the seventh
month, the Day of Atonement, send someone to blow a trumpet throughout
the whole land. 10 In this way you shall set the fiftieth year apart
and proclaim freedom to all the inhabitants of the land. During this
year all property that has been sold shall be restored to the original
owner or the descendants, and any who have been sold as slaves shall
return to their families. 11 You shall not plant your fields or
harvest the grain that grows by itself or gather the grapes in your
unpruned vineyards. 12 The whole year shall be sacred for you; you
shall eat only what the fields produce of themselves. 13 In this year
all property that has been sold shall be restored to its original
owner. 14 So when you sell land to an Israelite or buy land, do not
deal unfairly. 15 The price is to be set according to the number of
years the land can produce crops before the next Year of Restoration.
16 If there are many years, the price shall be higher, but if there
are only a few years, the price shall be lower, because what is being
sold is the number of crops the land can produce. 17 Do not cheat an
Israelite, but obey the LORD your God. 18 Obey all the LORD's laws and
commands, so that you may live in safety in the land. 19 The land will
produce its crops, and you will have all you want to eat and will live
in safety. 20 But someone may ask what there will be to eat during the
seventh year, when no fields are planted and no crops gathered. 21 The
LORD will bless the land in the sixth year so that it will produce
enough food for two years. 22 When you plant your fields in the eighth
year, you will still be eating what you harvested during the sixth
year, and you will have enough to eat until the crops you plant that
year are harvested."
God bless you.
1 "The LORD spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai and commanded him 2 to give
the following regulations to the people of Israel. When you enter the
land that the LORD is giving you, you shall honor the LORD by not
cultivating the land every seventh year. 3 You shall plant your
fields, prune your vineyards, and gather your crops for six years. 4
But the seventh year is to be a year of complete rest for the land, a
year dedicated to the LORD. Do not plant your fields or prune your
vineyards. 5 Do not even harvest the grain that grows by itself
without being planted, and do not gather the grapes from your unpruned
vines; it is a year of complete rest for the land. 6 Although the land
has not been cultivated during that year, it will provide food for
you, your slaves, your hired men, the foreigners living with you, 7
your domestic animals, and the wild animals in your fields. Everything
that it produces may be eaten. 8 Count seven times seven years, a
total of forty-nine years. 9 Then, on the tenth day of the seventh
month, the Day of Atonement, send someone to blow a trumpet throughout
the whole land. 10 In this way you shall set the fiftieth year apart
and proclaim freedom to all the inhabitants of the land. During this
year all property that has been sold shall be restored to the original
owner or the descendants, and any who have been sold as slaves shall
return to their families. 11 You shall not plant your fields or
harvest the grain that grows by itself or gather the grapes in your
unpruned vineyards. 12 The whole year shall be sacred for you; you
shall eat only what the fields produce of themselves. 13 In this year
all property that has been sold shall be restored to its original
owner. 14 So when you sell land to an Israelite or buy land, do not
deal unfairly. 15 The price is to be set according to the number of
years the land can produce crops before the next Year of Restoration.
16 If there are many years, the price shall be higher, but if there
are only a few years, the price shall be lower, because what is being
sold is the number of crops the land can produce. 17 Do not cheat an
Israelite, but obey the LORD your God. 18 Obey all the LORD's laws and
commands, so that you may live in safety in the land. 19 The land will
produce its crops, and you will have all you want to eat and will live
in safety. 20 But someone may ask what there will be to eat during the
seventh year, when no fields are planted and no crops gathered. 21 The
LORD will bless the land in the sixth year so that it will produce
enough food for two years. 22 When you plant your fields in the eighth
year, you will still be eating what you harvested during the sixth
year, and you will have enough to eat until the crops you plant that
year are harvested."
God bless you.
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