Leviticus 19:25

Leviticus 19:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the Lord your God.
• New International Version (NIV)But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit. In this way your harvest will be increased. I am the Lord your God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But in the fifth year you may eat of its fruit, to increase its yield for you: I am the Lord your God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And in the fifth year you may eat its fruit, that it may yield to you its increase: I am the Lord your God.

Context of Leviticus 19:25

23‘Now when you enter the land and plant all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as forbidden. For three years it shall be forbidden to you; it shall not be eaten. 24And in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, an offering of praise to the Lord. But in the fifth year you shall eat its fruit, so that its yield may increase for you; I am the Lord your God. 26‘You shall not eat any meat with the blood. You shall not practice divination nor soothsaying. 27You shall not round off the hairline of your heads, nor trim the edges of your beard.

Leviticus 19:25 word by word

וּבַשָּׁנָ֣ה הַחֲמִישִׁ֗ת תֹּֽאכְלוּ֙ אֶת־פִּרְי֔וֹ לְהוֹסִ֥יף לָכֶ֖ם תְּבוּאָת֑וֹ אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• But in the fifthחֲמִישִׁיchămîyshîy chămishshîy · fifthH2549
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• you shall eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• its fruitפְּרִיperîy · fruitH6529
• so that its yieldתְּבוּאָהtebû'âh · produceH8393
• may increaseיָסַףyâsaph · to addH3254
• for you; I am the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Leviticus 19:25

• Leviticus 26:3If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments so as to carry them out,
• Proverbs 3:9Honor the Lord from your wealth, And from the first of all your produce;
• Ecclesiastes 11:1Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, for you will find it after many days.
• Haggai 1:4“Is it time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses while this house remains desolate?”
• Haggai 2:18‘Do consider from this day onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month; from the day when the temple of the Lord was founded, consider:
• Malachi 3:8“Would anyone rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings.

Commentaries on Leviticus 19:25

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-25For the first three years, they should only prune and cultivate a newly planted fruit tree. This helps the tree grow strong. In the fourth year, people considered all of the fruit the "fitrstfruits" and gave the fruit to God (see Exodus 23:16). People could only eat the fruit in the fifth year.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 23-2523-25. ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised; three years ... it shall not be eaten of--"The wisdom of this law is very striking. Every gardener will teach us not to let fruit trees bear in their earliest years, but to pluck off the blossoms: and for this reason, that they will thus thrive the better, and bear more abundantly afterwards. The very expression, 'to regard them as uncircumcised,' suggests the propriety of pinching them off; I do…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 19:25

• Agriculture
• Horticulture

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Corner
• Dead
• Deal
• Divers
• Firstfruits
• Gender
• Husband
• Mar

Commentaries on Leviticus 19

• 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