Leviticus 25:3

Leviticus 25:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;
• New International Version (NIV)For six years sow your fields, and for six years prune your vineyards and gather their crops.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its fruits,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather its fruit;

Context of Leviticus 25:3

1While Moses was on Mount Sinai, the Lord said to him, 2“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. When you have entered the land I am giving you, the land itself must observe a Sabbath rest before the Lord every seventh year. For six years you may plant your fields and prune your vineyards and harvest your crops, 4but during the seventh year the land must have a Sabbath year of complete rest. It is the Lord’s Sabbath. Do not plant your fields or prune your vineyards during that year. 5And don’t store away the crops that grow on their own or gather the grapes from your unpruned vines. The land must have a year of complete rest.

Leviticus 25:3 word by word

שֵׁ֤שׁ שָׁנִים֙ תִּזְרַ֣ע שָׂדֶ֔ךָ וְשֵׁ֥שׁ שָׁנִ֖ים תִּזְמֹ֣ר כַּרְמֶ֑ךָ וְאָסַפְתָּ֖ אֶת־תְּבוּאָתָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Sixשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• thou shalt sowזָרַעzâra‛ · to sowH2232
• thy fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• thou shalt pruneזָמַרzâmar · to pruneH2168
• thy vineyardכֶּרֶםkerem · vineyardH3754
• and gatherאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622
• in the fruitתְּבוּאָהtebû'âh · produceH8393

Commentaries on Leviticus 25:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Vineyard - Rather, fruit-garden. The Hebrew word is a general one for a plantation of fruit-trees.Read the comment
• 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 25:3

• Agriculture
• Grape
• Holiday
• Pruning
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Accord
• Agriculture
• Compel
• Decay
• Festivals, Religious
• Fill
• Increase
• Redeem
• Redemption
• Rest

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