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Do not sow your fields or prune your vineyards.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/25.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />but during the seventh year the land must have a Sabbath year of complete rest. It is the LORD’s Sabbath. Do not plant your fields or prune your vineyards during that year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/25.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/25.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/25.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/25.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />but in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath to the LORD. You shall neither sow your field nor prune your vineyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />but during the seventh year the land shall have a Sabbath rest, a Sabbath to the LORD; you shall not sow your field nor prune your vineyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/25.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />but during the seventh year the land shall have a sabbath rest, a sabbath to the LORD; you shall not sow your field nor prune your vineyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />but during the seventh year the land shall have a sabbath rest, a sabbath to the LORD; you shall not sow your field nor prune your vineyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />but during the seventh year the land shall have a sabbath rest, a sabbath to Yahweh; you shall not sow your field nor prune your vineyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of rest for the land, a Sabbath to the LORD; you shall not sow [seed in] your field nor prune your vineyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But there will be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land in the seventh year, a Sabbath to the LORD: you are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But there will be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land in the seventh year, a Sabbath to the LORD: you are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/25.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />but in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath unto Jehovah: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/25.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />but the seventh year you must let your fields and vineyards rest in honor of me, your LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/25.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />but in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath unto the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/25.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/25.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But the seventh year is to be a Sabbath of rest for the land—a Sabbath for the LORD. You are not to plant your field or prune your vineyard. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/25.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />but in the seventh year the land must have a Sabbath of complete rest--a Sabbath to the LORD. You must not sow your field or prune your vineyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest to the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/25.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to Yahweh. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and in the seventh year is a Sabbath of rest for the land, a Sabbath to YHWH; you do not sow your field, and you do not prune your vineyard;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and in the seventh year a sabbath of rest is to the land, a sabbath to Jehovah; thy field thou dost not sow, and thy vineyard thou dost not prune;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And in the seventh year, a Sabbath of rest shall be to the land, a Sabbath to Jehovah: thy field thou shalt not sow, and thy vineyard thou shalt not prune.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath to the land, of the resting of the Lord: thou shalt not sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But in the seventh year, there shall be a Sabbath of the land, a resting of the Lord. You shall not sow your field, and you shall not care for your vineyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/25.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But during the seventh year the land shall have a sabbath of complete rest, a sabbath for the LORD, when you may neither sow your field nor prune your vineyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />but in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath of complete rest for the land, a sabbath for the LORD: you shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest to the land, and it shall be to you a sabbath for the LORD; you shall neither sow your fields nor prune your vineyards.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the seventh year shall be a Sabbath rest to the land and there shall be to you a Sabbath for LORD JEHOVAH; you shall not sow your fields and you shall not prune your vineyards.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath unto the LORD; thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But in the seventh year <i>shall be</i> a sabbath, it shall be a rest to the land, a sabbath to the Lord: thou shalt not sow thy field, and thou shalt not prune thy vine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/25-4.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=6639" 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">3</span>For six years you may sow your field and prune your vineyard and gather its crops. <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7637.htm" title="7637: haš·šə·ḇî·‘iṯ (Art:: Number-ofs) -- Seventh (an ord. number). Or shbi iy; ordinal from shib'iym. seventh.">But in the seventh</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: ū·ḇaš·šā·nāh (Conj-w, Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">year</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">there shall be</a> <a href="/hebrew/7676.htm" title="7676: šab·baṯ (N-csc) -- Sabbath. Intensive from shabath; intermission, i.e the Sabbath.">a Sabbath</a> <a href="/hebrew/7677.htm" title="7677: šab·bā·ṯō·wn (N-ms) -- Sabbath observance, sabbatism. From shabbath; a sabbatism or special holiday.">of complete rest</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: lā·’ā·reṣ (Prep-l, Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">for the land—</a> <a href="/hebrew/7676.htm" title="7676: šab·bāṯ (N-cs) -- Sabbath. Intensive from shabath; intermission, i.e the Sabbath.">a Sabbath</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">to the LORD.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">You are not</a> <a href="/hebrew/2232.htm" title="2232: ṯiz·rā‘ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To sow, scatter seed. A primitive root; to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify.">to sow</a> <a href="/hebrew/7704.htm" title="7704: śā·ḏə·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: ṯiz·mōr (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To trim, prune. A primitive root; to trim.">or prune</a> <a href="/hebrew/3754.htm" title="3754: wə·ḵar·mə·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- A vineyard. From an unused root of uncertain meaning; a garden or vineyard.">your vineyard.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles."></a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>You are not to reap the aftergrowth of your harvest or gather the grapes of your untended vines. The land must have a year of complete rest.…<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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28-30</a></span><br />Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. / Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. / For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”<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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/2-16.htm">Colossians 2:16-17</a></span><br />Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath. / These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest to the land, a sabbath for the LORD: you shall neither sow your field, nor prune your vineyard.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/25-20.htm">Leviticus 25:20-23</a></b></br> And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-34.htm">Leviticus 26:34,35,43</a></b></br> Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye <i>be</i> in your enemies' land; <i>even</i> then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/23-10.htm">Exodus 23:10,11</a></b></br> And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/23-29.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-3.htm">Field</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-3.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-3.htm">Prune</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-12.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-2.htm">Sabbath</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-3.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-39.htm">Solemn</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-3.htm">Sow</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-3.htm">Vines</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-3.htm">Vineyard</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-3.htm">Vineyards</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/25-5.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-12.htm">Field</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-12.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-3.htm">Prune</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-5.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-6.htm">Sabbath</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-5.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-5.htm">Solemn</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-11.htm">Sow</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-5.htm">Vines</a> <a href="/numbers/20-17.htm">Vineyard</a> <a href="/numbers/16-14.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'; 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The number seven often symbolizes completion and perfection in the Bible, as seen in the creation week (<a href="/genesis/2-2.htm">Genesis 2:2-3</a>). This cycle of seven years is part of the larger framework of the Jubilee, which occurs every 50th year, after seven cycles of seven years (<a href="/leviticus/25-8.htm">Leviticus 25:8-10</a>).<p><b>there shall be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land</b><br>This commandment emphasizes the importance of rest not only for people but also for the land itself. The Sabbath rest for the land is a form of agricultural practice that allows the soil to rejuvenate, preventing depletion of nutrients. This practice is supported by modern agricultural science, which recognizes the benefits of crop rotation and fallow periods. Theologically, it underscores God's sovereignty over creation and His provision for His people, as they must trust Him to provide during the year of rest.<p><b>a Sabbath to the LORD</b><br>The Sabbath is dedicated to the LORD, highlighting its spiritual significance. It is not merely an agricultural practice but an act of worship and obedience. This rest is a reminder of God's creation and His covenant with Israel. It also points forward to the ultimate rest found in Jesus Christ, who offers spiritual rest to believers (<a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28-30</a>; <a href="/hebrews/4-9.htm">Hebrews 4:9-10</a>).<p><b>You are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard</b><br>This prohibition against sowing and pruning emphasizes reliance on God's provision. It challenges the Israelites to trust in God's faithfulness rather than their own efforts. This commandment also serves as a reminder of the Israelites' dependence on God for sustenance, echoing the provision of manna in the wilderness (<a href="/exodus/16-4.htm">Exodus 16:4-5</a>). Theologically, it foreshadows the New Testament teaching of abiding in Christ, the true vine, and bearing fruit through Him (<a href="/john/15.htm">John 15:1-5</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 people to whom the laws were given, who were to observe the Sabbath year as part of their covenant with God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_promised_land.htm">The Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, which the Israelites were to enter and where they were to observe the Sabbath year.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/sabbath_year.htm">Sabbath Year (Shemitah)</a></b><br>A year of rest for the land, occurring every seventh year, during which the Israelites were commanded not to sow or prune.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who commanded the observance of the Sabbath year as a sign of trust and obedience.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_provision.htm">Trust in God's Provision</a></b><br>The Sabbath year required the Israelites to trust God for their sustenance, teaching us to rely on God's provision rather than our own efforts.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/stewardship_of_creation.htm">Stewardship of Creation</a></b><br>Allowing the land to rest reflects God's care for creation and calls us to responsible stewardship of the environment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/rhythms_of_rest_and_renewal.htm">Rhythms of Rest and Renewal</a></b><br>The principle of rest is vital for spiritual and physical renewal, reminding us to incorporate regular times of rest in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_and_faithfulness.htm">Obedience and Faithfulness</a></b><br>Observing the Sabbath year was an act of obedience, demonstrating faithfulness to God's commands and His covenant promises.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/social_justice_and_compassion.htm">Social Justice and Compassion</a></b><br>The Sabbath year provided for the poor and marginalized, encouraging us to consider how we can support those in need in 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/what_is_the_shemitah_year.htm">What is the Shemitah year?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_year_of_jubilee_signify.htm">What does the Year of Jubilee signify?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_purpose_of_earth_day.htm">What is the purpose of Earth Day?</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><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/25.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">The seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">the seventh year shall be a rest of solemn resting, </span>or <span class= "ital">a sabbath of sabbaths. </span>For the import of this phrase see Note on <a href="/leviticus/16-31.htm" title="It shall be a sabbath of rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.">Leviticus 16:31</a>. Like the weekly sabbath, the seventh year is to be the Lord's sabbath. The soil is therefore to have a perfect rest.<p><span class= "bld">Thou shalt neither sow thy field.</span>--What constitutes cultivation, and how much of labour was regarded as transgressing this law, may be seen from the following canons which obtained during the second Temple. No one was allowed to plant trees in the sabbatical year, nor to cut off dried-up branches, to break off withered leaves, to smoke under the plants in order to kill the insects, nor to besmear the unripe fruit with any kind of soil in order to protect them, &c. Any one who committed one of these things received the prescribed number of stripes. As much land, however, might be cultivated as was required for the payment of taxes as well as for growing the barley required for the omer or wave sheaf at the Passover, and wheat for the two wave-loaves at Pentecost.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/25-4.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">But in the seventh</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗ת</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šə·ḇî·‘iṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Number - ordinal feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7637.htm">Strong's 7637: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seventh (an ordinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">year</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבַשָּׁנָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇaš·šā·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<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">{there shall} be</span><br /><span class="heb">יִהְיֶ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(yih·yeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a Sabbath</span><br /><span class="heb">שַׁבַּ֤ת</span> <span class="translit">(šab·baṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7676.htm">Strong's 7676: </a> </span><span class="str2">Intermission, the Sabbath</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of complete rest</span><br /><span class="heb">שַׁבָּתוֹן֙</span> <span class="translit">(šab·bā·ṯō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7677.htm">Strong's 7677: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sabbath observance, sabbatism</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for the land—</span><br /><span class="heb">לָאָ֔רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(lā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a Sabbath</span><br /><span class="heb">שַׁבָּ֖ת</span> <span class="translit">(šab·bāṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7676.htm">Strong's 7676: </a> </span><span class="str2">Intermission, the Sabbath</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the LORD.</span><br /><span class="heb">לַיהוָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You are not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to sow</span><br /><span class="heb">תִזְרָ֔ע</span> <span class="translit">(ṯiz·rā‘)</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">שָֽׂדְךָ֙</span> <span class="translit">(śā·ḏə·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">or prune</span><br /><span class="heb">תִזְמֹֽר׃</span> <span class="translit">(ṯiz·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">וְכַרְמְךָ֖</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵar·mə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | 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 /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/25-4.htm">Leviticus 25:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/25-4.htm">Leviticus 25:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/25-4.htm">Leviticus 25:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/25-4.htm">Leviticus 25:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/25-4.htm">Leviticus 25:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/25-4.htm">Leviticus 25:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/25-4.htm">Leviticus 25:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/25-4.htm">Leviticus 25:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/25-4.htm">Leviticus 25:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/25-4.htm">Leviticus 25:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/25-4.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 25:4 But in the seventh year there shall (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/25-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 25:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 25:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/25-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 25:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 25:5" /></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>