Leviticus 19:24

Leviticus 19:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the Lord withal.
• New International Version (NIV)In the fourth year all its fruit will be holy, an offering of praise to the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, an offering of praise to the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, a praise to the Lord.

Context of Leviticus 19:24

22and the priest is to make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before the Lord for his sin that he has committed, and he will be forgiven of his sin that he has committed. 23“‘When you enter the land and plant any fruit tree, you must consider its fruit to be forbidden. Three years it will be forbidden to you; it must not be eaten. In the fourth year all its fruit will be holy, praise offerings to the Lord. 25Then in the fifth year you may eat its fruit to add its produce to your harvest. I am the Lord your God. 26“‘You must not eat anything with the blood still in it. You must not practice either divination or soothsaying.

Leviticus 19:24 word by word

וּבַשָּׁנָה֙ הָרְבִיעִ֔ת יִהְיֶ֖ה כָּל־פִּרְי֑וֹ קֹ֥דֶשׁ הִלּוּלִ֖ים לַיהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But in the fourthרְבִיעִיrebîy‛îy rebi‛îy · fourthH7243
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• all the fruitפְּרִיperîy · fruitH6529
• thereof shall be holyקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• to praiseהִלּוּלhillûl · praiseH1974
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Leviticus 19:24

• Numbers 18:12“All the best of the olive oil and all the best of the wine and of the wheat, the first fruits of these things that they give to the Lord, I have given to you.
• Deuteronomy 12:17You will not be allowed to eat in your villages your tithe of grain, new wine, olive oil, the firstborn of your herd and flock, any votive offerings you have vowed, or your freewill and personal offerings.
• Deuteronomy 14:28At the end of every three years you must bring all the tithe of your produce, in that very year, and you must store it up in your villages.
• Deuteronomy 18:4You must give them the best of your grain, new wine, and olive oil, as well as the best of your wool when you shear your flocks.
• Proverbs 3:9Honor the Lord from your wealth and from the first fruits of all your crops;

Commentaries on Leviticus 19:24

• 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 19:24

• Agriculture
• Horticulture
• Thankfulness

In the dictionaries

• Corner
• Dead
• Deal
• Divers
• Firstfruits
• Gender
• Husband
• Mar
• Prostitute
• Reap

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