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

5They must not harvest fruit or grain. The land must have a year for rest. 6All 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. The 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. 9In the 50th year they must make loud music. They must blow trumpets on the tenth day of the seventh month. That is the Day of Atonement. They must blow the trumpet through all the country.

Leviticus 25:7 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And for thy cattleבְּהֵמָהbehêmâh · animalH929
• and for the beastחַיָּהchay · living thingH2416
• in thy landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• shall all the increaseתְּבוּאָהtebû'âh · produceH8393
• thereof be meatאָכַל'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
• Holiday
• Sanitation

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