[a]Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt cut thy vineyard, and gather the fruit thereof.

But the seventh year shall be a Sabbath of rest unto the land: it shall be the Lord’s Sabbath: thou shalt neither sow thy field nor cut thy vineyard.

That which groweth of its [b]own accord of thy harvest, thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes that thou hast left [c]unlabored: for it shall be a year of rest unto the land.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 25:3 The Jews began the count of this year in September: for then all the fruits were gathered.
  2. Leviticus 25:5 By reason of the corn that fell out of the ears the year past.
  3. Leviticus 25:5 Or, which thou hast separated from thyself, and consecrated to God for the poor.

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