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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/leviticus/25.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/leviticus/25.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />For six years sow your fields, and for six years prune your vineyards and gather their crops.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/25.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />For six years you may plant your fields and prune your vineyards and harvest your crops,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/25.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its fruits,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/25.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For six years you may sow your field and prune your vineyard and gather its crops.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/25.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/25.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather its fruit;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its produce,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/25.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its crop,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its crop,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its produce,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its crop.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You may sow your field for six years, and you may prune your vineyard and gather its produce for six years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You may sow your field for six years, and you may prune your vineyard and gather its produce for six years. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/25.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruits thereof;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/25.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You may raise grain and grapes for six years, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/25.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruits thereof;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then, for six years you may plant crops in your fields, prune your vineyards, and gather what they produce.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/25.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You shall plant your fields, prune your vineyards, and gather your crops for six years. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/25.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />For six years you may plant your fields, and for six years you may prune your vineyard and gather its produce. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For six years you may sow your field and prune your vineyard and gather its crops.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/25.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Six years you may sow your field, and six years you may prune your vineyard and gather the produce,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather in its fruits;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/25.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You shall sow your field six years, and you shall prune your vineyard six years, and gather in its fruits; <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />[For] six years you sow your field, and [for] six years you prune your vineyard, and have gathered its increase,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'Six years thou dost sow thy field, and six years thou dost prune thy vineyard, and hast gathered its increase,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather its produce;<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Six years thou shalt sow thy field and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and shalt gather the fruits thereof: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall care for your vineyard, and you shall gather its fruits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/25.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For six years you may sow your field, and for six years prune your vineyard, gathering in their produce.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather in their yield;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Six years you shall sow your fields and six years you shall prune your vineyards and six years you shall gather in your produce;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Six years you shall sow your fields and six years you shall prune your vineyards and six years you shall be gathering your produce;<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the produce thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shall prune thy vine, and gather in its fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/25-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=6633" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/25.htm">The Sabbatical Year</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land that I am giving you, the land itself must observe a Sabbath to the LORD. <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8337.htm" title="8337: šêš (Number-fsc) -- Masculine shishshah; a primitive number; six (see suws) beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. Sixth.">For six</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nîm (N-fp) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">years</a> <a href="/hebrew/2232.htm" title="2232: tiz·ra‘ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To sow, scatter seed. A primitive root; to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify.">you may sow</a> <a href="/hebrew/7704.htm" title="7704: śā·ḏe·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Field, land. Or saday; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field.">your field</a> <a href="/hebrew/2168.htm" title="2168: tiz·mōr (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To trim, prune. A primitive root; to trim.">and prune</a> <a href="/hebrew/3754.htm" title="3754: kar·me·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- A vineyard. From an unused root of uncertain meaning; a garden or vineyard.">your vineyard</a> <a href="/hebrew/622.htm" title="622: wə·’ā·sap̄·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To gather, remove. A primitive root; to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. Remove.">and gather</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8393.htm" title="8393: tə·ḇū·’ā·ṯāh (N-fsc:: 3fs) -- Product, revenue. From bow'; income, i.e. Produce.">its crops.</a> <a href="/hebrew/8337.htm" title="8337: wə·šêš (Conj-w:: Number-fsc) -- Masculine shishshah; a primitive number; six (see suws) beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. Sixth."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nîm (N-fp) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year."></a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>But in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land—a Sabbath to the LORD. You are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/23-10.htm">Exodus 23:10-11</a></span><br />For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce, / but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-1.htm">Deuteronomy 15:1-2</a></span><br />At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts. / This is the manner of remission: Every creditor shall cancel what he has loaned to his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the LORD’s time of release has been proclaimed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/31-10.htm">Deuteronomy 31:10-11</a></span><br />Then Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of remission of debt, during the Feast of Tabernacles, / when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-21.htm">2 Chronicles 36:21</a></span><br />So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/34-14.htm">Jeremiah 34:14</a></span><br />Every seventh year, each of you must free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself to you. He may serve you six years, but then you must let him go free. But your fathers did not listen or incline their ear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/10-31.htm">Nehemiah 10:31</a></span><br />When the people of the land bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on a Sabbath or holy day. Every seventh year we will let the fields lie fallow and will cancel every debt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/37-30.htm">Isaiah 37:30</a></span><br />And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/46-17.htm">Ezekiel 46:17</a></span><br />But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it will belong to that servant until the year of freedom; then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs only to his sons; it shall be theirs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/2-2.htm">Genesis 2:2-3</a></span><br />And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work. / Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/8-22.htm">Genesis 8:22</a></span><br />As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-25.htm">Matthew 6:25-34</a></span><br />Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? / Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? / Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/4-18.htm">Luke 4:18-19</a></span><br />“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed, / to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-9.htm">Hebrews 4:9-10</a></span><br />There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God. / For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-21.htm">Romans 8:21</a></span><br />that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-1.htm">Galatians 5:1</a></span><br />It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/22-9.htm">Care</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-16.htm">Crop</a> <a href="/exodus/23-16.htm">Crops</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-22.htm">Field</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-10.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-40.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-39.htm">Fruits</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-22.htm">Gather</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-39.htm">Gathered</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-25.htm">Increase</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-39.htm">Produce</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-4.htm">Prune</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-13.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-19.htm">Sow</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-5.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/exodus/22-29.htm">Vines</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-10.htm">Vineyard</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-13.htm">Vineyards</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/1-50.htm">Care</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-20.htm">Crop</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-7.htm">Crops</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-4.htm">Field</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-4.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-11.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-15.htm">Fruits</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-5.htm">Gather</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-25.htm">Gathered</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-7.htm">Increase</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-7.htm">Produce</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-4.htm">Prune</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-4.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-4.htm">Sow</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-7.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-4.htm">Vines</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-4.htm">Vineyard</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-4.htm">Vineyards</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 25</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-1.htm">the Sabbath of the seventh year</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-8.htm">The jubilee in the fiftieth year</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-14.htm">Of oppression</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-18.htm">A blessing of obedience</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-23.htm">The redemption of land</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-29.htm">Of houses</a></span><br><span class="reftext">35. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-35.htm">Compassion to the poor</a></span><br><span class="reftext">39. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-39.htm">The usage of bondmen</a></span><br><span class="reftext">47. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-47.htm">The redemption of servants</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/25.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/leviticus/25.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For six years</b><br>The concept of a six-year cycle is rooted in the creation narrative, where God created the world in six days and rested on the seventh (<a href="/genesis/1-31.htm">Genesis 1:31-2</a>:2). This pattern of work and rest is foundational in biblical teaching, emphasizing the importance of labor followed by a period of rest or renewal. The six-year period also reflects the agrarian society of ancient Israel, where agricultural cycles were crucial for survival and prosperity.<p><b>you may sow your field</b><br>Sowing the field refers to the act of planting seeds, a fundamental agricultural practice. In ancient Israel, this was a critical task that determined the success of the harvest. The permission to sow for six years underscores the importance of diligent work and stewardship of the land. This practice is also a reminder of God's provision, as He is the ultimate source of growth and sustenance (<a href="/1_corinthians/3-7.htm">1 Corinthians 3:7</a>).<p><b>and prune your vineyard</b><br>Pruning the vineyard involves cutting away dead or overgrown branches to encourage healthy growth and fruit production. Vineyards were a significant part of Israel's economy and culture, symbolizing abundance and blessing (<a href="/psalms/104-14.htm">Psalm 104:14-15</a>). The act of pruning is also metaphorically used in Scripture to describe God's work in refining and purifying His people (<a href="/john/15.htm">John 15:1-2</a>).<p><b>and gather its crops</b><br>Gathering crops is the culmination of the agricultural process, representing the reward for hard work and God's blessing on the land. This phrase highlights the importance of harvest time, a period of joy and thanksgiving in Israelite culture (<a href="/deuteronomy/16-13.htm">Deuteronomy 16:13-15</a>). The gathering of crops also foreshadows the eschatological harvest, where God will gather His people (<a href="/matthew/13-39.htm">Matthew 13:39</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The prophet and leader of the Israelites who received the laws from God, including the instructions in Leviticus.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God to whom the laws in Leviticus were given, including the instructions for the sabbatical year.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, which God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, where these agricultural laws were to be practiced.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/sabbatical_year.htm">Sabbatical Year</a></b><br>A year of rest for the land, occurring every seventh year, as commanded by God to the Israelites.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/f/fields_and_vineyards.htm">Fields and Vineyards</a></b><br>The agricultural areas that the Israelites were instructed to work for six years before allowing them to rest.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/p/principle_of_rest_and_renewal.htm">Principle of Rest and Renewal</a></b><br>The command to work the land for six years and let it rest in the seventh teaches the importance of rest and renewal, not only for the land but also for individuals. This principle can be applied to our lives by ensuring we take regular breaks to rejuvenate physically, mentally, and spiritually.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_provision.htm">Trust in God's Provision</a></b><br>Observing the sabbatical year required the Israelites to trust in God's provision, as they would not plant or harvest in the seventh year. This teaches us to rely on God's faithfulness and provision in our lives, even when it requires stepping out in faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/stewardship_of_resources.htm">Stewardship of Resources</a></b><br>The command to let the land rest reflects God's concern for sustainable practices and stewardship of resources. We are called to be responsible stewards of the environment and the resources God has entrusted to us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_compassion.htm">Community and Compassion</a></b><br>The sabbatical year provided for the poor and the stranger, teaching us the importance of community support and compassion. We are encouraged to look for ways to support those in need within our communities.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_25.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 25</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_don't_nearby_cultures_record_jubilees.htm">Why do other civilizations around Israel not record similar extended fallow periods or Jubilees, if this commandment (Lev 25) was practiced widely?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_a_pastoral_sabbatical.htm">What is a pastoral sabbatical?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_shemitah_year's_purpose.htm">What is the purpose of the Shemitah year?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_environment_affect_seed_growth.htm">How does the seed's environment affect its growth?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/25.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) <span class= "bld">Six years thou shalt sow.</span>--See <a href="/exodus/23-10.htm" title="And six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in the fruits thereof:">Exodus 23:10</a>.<p><span class= "bld">The fruit thereof.</span>--That is, of the land which is mentioned in the preceding verse, and which includes fields, vineyards, olive-gardens, &c. (See <a href="/exodus/23-11.htm" title="But the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie still; that the poor of your people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner you shall deal with your vineyard, and with your olive grove.">Exodus 23:11</a>.)<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/25-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For six</span><br /><span class="heb">שֵׁ֤שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(šêš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8337.htm">Strong's 8337: </a> </span><span class="str2">Six (a cardinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">years</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁנִים֙</span> <span class="translit">(šā·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you may sow</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּזְרַ֣ע</span> <span class="translit">(tiz·ra‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2232.htm">Strong's 2232: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sow, to disseminate, plant, fructify</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your field</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׂדֶ֔ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(śā·ḏe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7704.htm">Strong's 7704: </a> </span><span class="str2">Field, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and prune</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּזְמֹ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(tiz·mōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2168.htm">Strong's 2168: </a> </span><span class="str2">To trim, prune</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your vineyard</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּרְמֶ֑ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(kar·me·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> </span><span class="str2">A garden, vineyard</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and gather</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאָסַפְתָּ֖</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ā·sap̄·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_622.htm">Strong's 622: </a> </span><span class="str2">To gather for, any purpose, to receive, take away, remove</span><br /><br /><span class="word">its crops.</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּבוּאָתָֽהּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(tə·ḇū·’ā·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8393.htm">Strong's 8393: </a> </span><span class="str2">Product, revenue</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/25-3.htm">Leviticus 25:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/25-3.htm">Leviticus 25:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/25-3.htm">Leviticus 25:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/25-3.htm">Leviticus 25:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/25-3.htm">Leviticus 25:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/25-3.htm">Leviticus 25:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/25-3.htm">Leviticus 25:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/25-3.htm">Leviticus 25:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/25-3.htm">Leviticus 25:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/25-3.htm">Leviticus 25:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/25-3.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 25:3 Six years you shall sow your field (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/25-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 25:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 25:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/25-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 25:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 25:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>