Leviticus 25:7

Leviticus 25:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.
• New International Version (NIV)as well as for your livestock and the wild animals in your land. Whatever the land produces may be eaten.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and for your cattle and for the wild animals that are in your land: all its yield shall be for food.
• New King James Version (NKJV)for your livestock and the beasts that are in your land—all its produce shall be for food.

Context of Leviticus 25:7

5You 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. 6Whatever 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, and for your livestock and the wild animals in your land. All its growth may serve as food. 8And you shall count off seven Sabbaths of years—seven times seven years—so that the seven Sabbaths of years amount to forty-nine years. 9Then you are to sound the horn far and wide on the tenth day of the seventh month, the Day of Atonement. You shall sound it throughout your land.

Leviticus 25:7 word by word

וְלִ֨בְהֶמְתְּךָ֔ וְלַֽחַיָּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּאַרְצֶ֑ךָ תִּהְיֶ֥ה כָל־תְּבוּאָתָ֖הּ לֶאֱכֹֽל׃ סRead the interlinear

• and for your livestockבְּהֵמָהbehêmâh · animalH929
• and the wild animalsחַיָּהchay · living thingH2416
• ·אֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• in your landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• Allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• its growthתְּבוּאָהtebû'âh · produceH8393
• may serveהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• as foodאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398

Commentaries on Leviticus 25:7

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-7during the Sabbath year, people did not formally farm or harvest the land. Landowners could gather what naturally grew for their daily household needs. They left any uneaten food for the poor and foreigners (Exodus 23:10–11). What remained provided food for both wild and domestic animals. See also Exodus 21:2; Deuteronomy 15:1–11.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-72-4. When ye come into the land which I give you--It has been questioned on what year, after the occupation of Canaan, the sabbatic year began to be observed. Some think it was the seventh year after their entrance. But others, considering that as the first six years were spent in the conquest and division of the land (Jos 5:12), and that the sabbatical year was to be observed after six years of agriculture, maintain that the observance did not commence…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 25:7

• Agriculture
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In the dictionaries

• Accord
• Agriculture
• Beast
• Compel
• Decay
• Festivals, Religious
• Fill
• Increase
• Redeem
• Redemption

Commentaries on Leviticus 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings