Bible Strands
Leviticus 25:5
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses the Israelites through Moses, establishing the agricultural regulations for the seventh year of the land cycle. The words — The text commands against harvesting סְפִיחַ (sefiach), the self-sown grain, and gathering grapes from נְזִירֶךָ (nezirecha), the untrimmed vines. The thread — This practice of consuming naturally sprouted vegetation appears as a prophetic sign in 2 Kings 19:29 and Isaiah 37:30. Why it lands — The passage requires readers to cease agricultural labor and trust the land’s unassisted yield for daily sustenance.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land.
Cross-references
- 2 Kings 19:29 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.
- Isaiah 37:30 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.