Leviticus 25:6

Leviticus 25:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee,
• New International Version (NIV)Whatever the land yields during the sabbath year will be food for you—for yourself, your male and female servants, and the hired worker and temporary resident who live among you,
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Sabbath of the land shall provide food for you, for yourself and for your male and female slaves and for your hired worker and the sojourner who lives with you,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the sabbath produce of the land shall be food for you: for you, your male and female servants, your hired man, and the stranger who dwells with you,

Context of Leviticus 25:6

4In the seventh year, the land must have a rest. They must not plant seeds in the fields or cut the leaves. 5They must not harvest fruit or grain. The land must have a year for rest. All of the people can eat anything that grows by itself in the Sabbath year. That will be food for you and for your servants and for your animals. And other people who live among you can eat it. 7The wild animals also can eat anything that grows by itself in the Sabbath year. 8The people must count seven lots of Sabbath years. That is 49 years.

Leviticus 25:6 word by word

וְ֠הָיְתָה שַׁבַּ֨ת הָאָ֤רֶץ לָכֶם֙ לְאָכְלָ֔ה לְךָ֖ וּלְעַבְדְּךָ֣ וְלַאֲמָתֶ֑ךָ וְלִשְׂכִֽירְךָ֙ וּלְתוֹשָׁ֣בְךָ֔ הַגָּרִ֖ים עִמָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the sabbathשַׁבָּתshabbâth · SabbathH7676
• of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• shall be meatאׇכְלָה'ôklâh · foodH402
• for you; for thee, and for thy servantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• and for thy maidאָמָה'âmâh · maidservantH519
• and for thy hired servantשָׂכִירώâkîyr · hiredH7916
• and for thy strangerתּוֹשָׁבtôshâb tôshâb · sojournerH8453
• that sojournethגּוּרgûr · to sojournH1481

Cross-references for Leviticus 25:6

• Exodus 23:11But in the seventh year, you must let your fields lie empty. Do not dig them and do not plant anything in them. Then poor people among you can eat the food that they find in your fields. After that, the wild animals can eat any food that still remains. Do the same thing with your vineyards and your fields of olive trees.
• Acts 2:44All the believers continued to meet together often. They shared all their things with each other.
• Acts 4:32All the believers agreed completely with each other about how they should live. They wanted to help each other. Nobody kept anything only for themselves. They let the other believers use it.

Commentaries on Leviticus 25:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6The sabbath of the land shall be meat for you - That is, the produce of the untilled land (its “increase,” Leviticus 25:7) shall be food for the whole of you in common, rich and poor without distinction Exodus 23:11.Read the comment
• 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 25:6

• Agriculture
• Employee
• Holiday
• Sanitation
• Servant

In the dictionaries

• Accord
• Agriculture
• Compel
• Decay
• Festivals, Religious
• Fill
• Increase
• Poor
• 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