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Whatever the land produces may be eaten.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/25.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Your livestock and the wild animals in your land will also be allowed to eat what the land produces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/25.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />and for your cattle and for the wild animals that are in your land: all its yield shall be for food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/25.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />and for your livestock and the wild animals in your land. All its growth may serve as food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/25.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And for thy cattle, and for the beast that <i>are</i> in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/25.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />for your livestock and the beasts that <i>are</i> in your land—all its produce shall be for food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Even your cattle and the animals that are in your land shall have all its produce to eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/25.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216Even your cattle and the animals that are in your land shall have all its crops to eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Even your cattle and the animals that are in your land shall have all its crops to eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Even your cattle and the beasts that are in your land shall have all its produce to eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />even your domestic animals and the [wild] animals that are in your land shall have all its crops to eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />All of its growth may serve as food for your livestock and the wild animals in your land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />All of its growth may serve as food for your livestock and the wild animals in your land.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/25.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And for thy cattle, and for the beasts that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be for food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/25.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and for thy cattle, and for the beasts that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be for food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />your animals, and the wild animals in your land. Everything the land produces will be yours to eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/25.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />your domestic animals, and the wild animals in your fields. Everything that it produces may be eaten. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/25.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The cattle and the wild animals in your land—everything it produces—are for your food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />and for your livestock and the wild animals in your land. All its growth may serve as food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/25.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />your cattle, and the wild animals that are in your land--all its produce will be for you to eat. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For your livestock also, and for the animals that are in your land, shall all its increase be for food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase of it be food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/25.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For your livestock also, and for the animals that are in your land, shall all its increase be for food. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and for your livestock, and for the beast which [is] in your land, is all its increase for [them] to eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and to thy cattle, and to the beast which is in thy land, is all thine increase for food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And to thy cattle, and to the beast which is in thy land shall all its produce be for food.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />All things that grow shall be meat to thy beasts and to thy cattle. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />all that grows on its own shall provide food for your beasts and cattle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/25.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />and likewise for your livestock and for the wild animals on your land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />for your livestock also, and for the wild animals in your land all its yield shall be for food.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And for your cattle and for the beasts that are in your land shall all its increase be for food to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And for your domestic animals and for the beasts that are in your land; you will have all the crops for food.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />and for thy cattle, and for the beasts that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be for food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And for thy cattle, and for the wild beats that are in thy land, shall every fruit of it be for food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/25-7.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=6669" 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">6</span>Whatever the land yields during the Sabbath year shall be food for you—for yourself, your manservant and maidservant, the hired hand or foreigner who stays with you, <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/929.htm" title="929: wə·liḇ·hem·tə·ḵā (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-fsc:: 2ms) -- A beast, animal, cattle. From an unused root; properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal.">and for your livestock</a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: wə·la·ḥay·yāh (Conj-w, Prep-l, Art:: N-fs) -- Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life. From chayah; alive; hence, raw; fresh, strong; also life, whether literally or figuratively.">and the wild animals</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bə·’ar·ṣe·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">in your land.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ḵāl (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">All</a> <a href="/hebrew/8393.htm" title="8393: tə·ḇū·’ā·ṯāh (N-fsc:: 3fs) -- Product, revenue. From bow'; income, i.e. Produce.">its growth</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: tih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">may serve</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: le·’ĕ·ḵōl (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">as food.</a> </span><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/23-11.htm">Exodus 23:11</a></span><br />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/15-7.htm">Deuteronomy 15:7-11</a></span><br />If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother. / Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs. / Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/24-19.htm">Deuteronomy 24:19-21</a></span><br />If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. / When you beat the olives from your trees, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow. / When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not go over the vines again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/58-6.htm">Isaiah 58:6-7</a></span><br />Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke? / Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?<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="/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="/ezekiel/34-2.htm">Ezekiel 34:2-3</a></span><br />“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock? / You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/34-18.htm">Ezekiel 34:18-19</a></span><br />Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of the pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink the clear waters? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet? / Why must My flock feed on what your feet have trampled, and drink what your feet have muddied?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-26.htm">Matthew 6:26</a></span><br />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?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/25-35.htm">Matthew 25:35-40</a></span><br />For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, / I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’ / Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-24.htm">Luke 12:24</a></span><br />Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/14-13.htm">Luke 14:13-14</a></span><br />But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind, / and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/16-19.htm">Luke 16:19-31</a></span><br />Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor. / And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores / and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/4-34.htm">Acts 4:34-35</a></span><br />There were no needy ones among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the proceeds from the sales, / and lay them at the apostles’ feet for distribution to anyone as he had need.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And for your cattle, and for the beast that are in your land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/22-25.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-21.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-8.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-19.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-3.htm">Crops</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-9.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-9.htm">Eaten</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-6.htm">Food</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-3.htm">Increase</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-2.htm">Livestock</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-6.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-23.htm">Natural</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-3.htm">Produce</a> <a href="/james/1-3.htm">Produces</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-3.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-6.htm">Whatever</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-8.htm">Wild</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-25.htm">Yield</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/26-6.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-22.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-6.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-22.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-12.htm">Crops</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-12.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-19.htm">Eaten</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-12.htm">Food</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-12.htm">Increase</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-22.htm">Livestock</a> <a href="/numbers/4-16.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-12.htm">Natural</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-12.htm">Produce</a> <a href="/job/37-10.htm">Produces</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-10.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-9.htm">Whatever</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-22.htm">Wild</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-19.htm">Yield</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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In ancient Israel, livestock such as sheep, goats, and cattle were vital for agriculture, transportation, and food. The Sabbath year, or Shemitah, required the land to rest, and this provision ensured that animals were still cared for. This reflects God's concern for all His creation, not just humans, and aligns with <a href="/proverbs/12-10.htm">Proverbs 12:10</a>, which speaks of the righteous caring for their animals.<p><b>and the wild animals in your land</b><br>The inclusion of wild animals emphasizes the comprehensive nature of God's provision. The land's produce during the Sabbath year was not to be hoarded but left accessible for all creatures. This reflects the interconnectedness of creation and God's sovereignty over all life. It also echoes the creation narrative in Genesis, where God provides for all living beings. This provision can be seen as a precursor to the peaceable kingdom described in <a href="/isaiah/11-6.htm">Isaiah 11:6-9</a>, where harmony exists between humans and animals.<p><b>All its growth may serve as food.</b><br>This phrase underscores the purpose of the land's natural yield during the Sabbath year. The produce was not to be harvested in the usual manner but left for anyone in need, including the poor and the stranger, as well as animals. This practice fostered a sense of community and reliance on God's provision. It also foreshadows the New Testament teaching of Jesus in <a href="/matthew/6-25.htm">Matthew 6:25-34</a>, where He instructs His followers not to worry about their needs, trusting in God's provision. The principle of rest and reliance on God during the Sabbath year points to the ultimate rest found in Christ, as described in <a href="/hebrews/4-9.htm">Hebrews 4:9-10</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The author of Leviticus, who received the laws from God on Mount Sinai.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The primary audience of the Levitical laws, who were to observe these commandments as part of their covenant with God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/mount_sinai.htm">Mount Sinai</a></b><br>The place where God delivered the laws to Moses, including the instructions found in Leviticus.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/sabbath_year.htm">Sabbath Year</a></b><br>The event described in <a href="/bsb/leviticus/25.htm">Leviticus 25</a>, where the land was to rest every seventh year, and its produce was to be shared with all.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, which the Israelites were to enter and where they were to observe these laws.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision.htm">God's Provision</a></b><br>God provides for all His creation, ensuring that both livestock and wild animals have sustenance. This reflects His care and sovereignty over the earth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/sabbath_rest.htm">Sabbath Rest</a></b><br>The Sabbath year is a reminder of the importance of rest and trust in God's provision. It teaches us to rely on God rather than our own efforts.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/stewardship_of_creation.htm">Stewardship of Creation</a></b><br>We are called to be stewards of the earth, ensuring that all creatures are cared for. This involves responsible management of resources and compassion for all living things.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_sharing.htm">Community and Sharing</a></b><br>The produce of the land during the Sabbath year was to be shared, promoting a sense of community and equality. This encourages us to be generous and mindful of others' needs.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_timing.htm">Trust in God's Timing</a></b><br>Observing the Sabbath year required faith in God's timing and provision. It challenges us to trust God in seasons of waiting and uncertainty.<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_foods_are_mentioned_in_the_bible.htm">What foods are mentioned in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/jeremiah_5_6__are_wild_animal_attacks_credible.htm">Jeremiah 5:6 - How is this threat of wild animals attacking people scientifically or historically credible, given the period's recorded encounters with such creatures?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_lev._7_22-27_align_with_health_data.htm">Leviticus 7:22-27: Does the prohibition on eating fat and blood align with known health concerns or conflict with current dietary research?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_order_animal_deaths_in_1_sam_15_3.htm">Why would God demand the killing of animals in 1 Samuel 15:3, seemingly contradicting His care for His creation?</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>(7) <span class= "bld">And for thy cattle.</span>--In accordance with the benign legislation which obtained during the second Temple, the administrators of the law inferred from this verse, and hence enacted, that the fruit of the seventh year may only be eaten by man at home, as long as the kind is found in the field. <span class= "ital">"</span>As long as the animals eat the same kind in the field thou mayest eat what there is of it in the house, but if the animal has consumed it all in the field thou art bound to remove this kind from the house into the field." (For the enactment which enjoins the remission of debts in the sabbatical year, see <a href="/context/deuteronomy/15-1.htm" title="At the end of every seven years you shall make a release.">Deuteronomy 15:1-3</a>.) During the second Temple the sabbatical year began on the first day of the month of Tishri, which was the beginning of the civil year. The tillage, however, and the cultivation of certain fields and gardens, were left off in the sixth year. The cultivation of corn-fields ceased from the Feast of Passover, and orchards from Pentecost of the sixth year. The reading of portions of the Law which is enjoined in <a href="/context/deuteronomy/31-10.htm" title="And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,">Deuteronomy 31:10-13</a>, was assigned during the second Temple to the king. At the termination of the seventh fallow year, which coincided with the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles of the eighth year, a wooden platform was erected in the outer court of the Temple, on which the king was seated. The chief of the synagogue took the Book of the Law, and gave it to the head of the synagogue, who gave it to the head of the priests. He gave it to the high priest, and the latter handed it to the king, who stood up to receive it. He then sat down again, and read the following seven sections :--(1) <a href="/deuteronomy/1-1.htm" title="These be the words which Moses spoke to all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.">Deuteronomy 1:1</a> to <a href="/deuteronomy/6-3.htm" title="Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as the LORD God of your fathers has promised you, in the land that flows with milk and honey.">Deuteronomy 6:3</a>; (2) <a href="/context/deuteronomy/6-4.htm" title="Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:">Deuteronomy 6:4-8</a>; (3) <a href="/context/deuteronomy/11-13.htm" title="And it shall come to pass, if you shall listen diligently to my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,">Deuteronomy 11:13-22</a>; (4) <a href="/deuteronomy/14-22.htm" title="You shall truly tithe all the increase of your seed, that the field brings forth year by year.">Deuteronomy 14:22</a> to <a href="/deuteronomy/15-23.htm" title="Only you shall not eat the blood thereof; you shall pour it on the ground as water.">Deuteronomy 15:23</a>; (5) <a href="/context/deuteronomy/16-12.htm" title="And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt: and you shall observe and do these statutes.">Deuteronomy 16:12-19</a>; (6) <a href="/context/deuteronomy/17-14.htm" title="When you are come to the land which the LORD your God gives you, and shall possess it, and shall dwell therein, and shall say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;">Deuteronomy 17:14-20</a>; (7) <a href="/deuteronomy/27-1.htm" title="And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.">Deuteronomy 27:1</a> to <a href="/deuteronomy/28-68.htm" title="And the LORD shall bring you into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spoke to you, You shall see it no more again: and there you shall be sold to your enemies for slaves and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.">Deuteronomy 28:68</a>. The king concluded with the same benedictions, which the high priest pronounced (see <a href="/leviticus/16-27.htm" title="And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung.">Leviticus 16:27</a>), only that he substituted the blessing for the festival for the absolution of sins. . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/25-7.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">and for your livestock</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלִ֨בְהֶמְתְּךָ֔</span> <span class="translit">(wə·liḇ·hem·tə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_929.htm">Strong's 929: </a> </span><span class="str2">A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the wild animals</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלַֽחַיָּ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·la·ḥay·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2416.htm">Strong's 2416: </a> </span><span class="str2">Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in your land.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּאַרְצֶ֑ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’ar·ṣe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine 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">All</span><br /><span class="heb">כָל־</span> <span class="translit">(ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of its growth</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּבוּאָתָ֖הּ</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 /><br /><span class="word">may serve</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּהְיֶ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(tih·yeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine 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">as food.</span><br /><span class="heb">לֶאֱכֹֽל׃</span> <span class="translit">(le·’ĕ·ḵōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/25-7.htm">Leviticus 25:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/25-7.htm">Leviticus 25:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/25-7.htm">Leviticus 25:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/25-7.htm">Leviticus 25:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/25-7.htm">Leviticus 25:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/25-7.htm">Leviticus 25:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/25-7.htm">Leviticus 25:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/25-7.htm">Leviticus 25:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/25-7.htm">Leviticus 25:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/25-7.htm">Leviticus 25:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/25-7.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 25:7 For your livestock also and (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/25-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 25:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 25:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/25-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 25:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 25:8" /></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>