Leviticus 25:3

For six years you may sow your field and prune your vineyard and gather its crops.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — God addresses the Israelites through Moses as they prepare to enter the land He is giving them. The command establishes the agricultural rhythm that precedes the land's required Sabbath rest.

The words — The Hebrew תִּזְרַע (tiz.Ra') means "you will sow," and תִּזְמֹר (tiz.Mor) means "you will prune." These verbs explicitly authorize the permitted labor on the field and vineyard.

The thread — This six-year work cycle appears in Exodus 23:10, which pairs sowing and gathering produce with the same temporal limit. Both passages frame human labor within a bounded schedule before a seventh-year cessation.

Why it lands — The text grants permission to sow, prune, and gather for six consecutive years. It requires the reader to recognize that labor is authorized only within a fixed, divinely set timeframe.

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The Hebrew words

שֵׁ֤שׁsheshsix שָׁנִים֙sha.Nimyears תִּזְרַ֣עtiz.Ra'you will sow שָׂדֶ֔ךָsa.De./khafield/ your וְשֵׁ֥שׁve./Sheshand/ six שָׁנִ֖יםsha.Nimyears תִּזְמֹ֣רtiz.Moryou will prune כַּרְמֶ֑ךָkar.Me./khavineyard/ your וְאָסַפְתָּ֖ve./'a.saf.Taand/ you will gather אֶת־'et-<obj.>תְּבוּאָתָֽהּ׃te.vu.'a.Ta/hproduce/ its

King James Version

Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;

Cross-references

Exodus 23:10 For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce,