New Living Translation
Leviticus 19:25
25Finally, in the fifth year you may eat the fruit. If you follow this pattern, your harvest will increase. I am the Lord your God.
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 fruit trees, leave the fruit unharvested for the first three years and consider it forbidden. Do not eat it. 24In the fourth year the entire crop must be consecrated to the Lord as a celebration of praise. Finally, in the fifth year you may eat the fruit. If you follow this pattern, your harvest will increase. I am the Lord your God. 26“Do not eat meat that has not been drained of its blood. “Do not practice fortune-telling or witchcraft. 27“Do not trim off the hair on your temples or trim your beards.
Read all of Leviticus 19Leviticus 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 follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands,
- Proverbs 3:9Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the best part of everything you produce.
- Ecclesiastes 11:1Send your grain across the seas, and in time, profits will flow back to you.
- Haggai 1:4“Why are you living in luxurious houses while my house lies in ruins?
- Haggai 2:18“Think about this eighteenth day of December, the day when the foundation of the Lord’s Temple was laid. Think carefully.
- Malachi 3:8“Should people cheat God? Yet you have cheated me! “But you ask, ‘What do you mean? When did we ever cheat you?’ “You have cheated me of the tithes and offerings due to me.
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
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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
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