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“‘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. 24In the fourth year all its fruit will be holy, praise offerings to the Lord. Then 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. 27You must not round off the corners of the hair on your head or ruin the corners of your beard.

Leviticus 19:25 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And in the fifthחֲמִישִׁיchămîyshîy chămishshîy · fifthH2549
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• shall ye eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• of the fruitפְּרִיperîy · fruitH6529
• thereof, that it may yieldיָסַףyâsaph · to addH3254
• unto you the increaseתְּבוּאָהtebû'âh · produceH8393
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Leviticus 19:25

• Leviticus 26:3“‘If you walk in my statutes and are sure to obey my commandments,
• Proverbs 3:9Honor the Lord from your wealth and from the first fruits of all your crops;
• Ecclesiastes 11:1Send your grain overseas, for after many days you will get a return.
• Haggai 1:4“Is it right for you to live in richly paneled houses while my temple is in ruins?
• Haggai 2:18‘Think carefully about the past: from today, the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, to the day work on the temple of the Lord was resumed, think about it.
• Malachi 3:8Can a person rob God? You indeed are robbing me, but you say, ‘How are we robbing you?’ In tithes and contributions!

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