Leviticus 25:11

25:11 That fiftieth year will be your jubilee; you must not sow the land, harvest its aftergrowth, or pick the grapes of its unpruned vines. ¹ 

Leviticus 25:4

25:4 but in the seventh year the land must have a Sabbath of complete rest ²  – a Sabbath to the Lord. You must not sow your field or ³  prune your vineyard.

Leviticus 25:22

25:22 and you may sow the eighth year and eat from that sixth year’s produce ⁴  – old produce. Until you bring in the ninth year’s produce, ⁵  you may eat old produce.

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¹ tn Heb “you shall not sow and you shall not…and you shall not….”

sn See v. 5 above and the notes there.

² tn Heb “and in the seventh year a Sabbath of complete rest shall be to the land.” The expression “a Sabbath of complete rest” is superlative, emphasizing the full and all inclusive rest of the seventh year of the sabbatical cycle. Cf. ASV “a sabbath of solemn rest”; NAB “a complete rest.”

³ tn Heb “and.” Here the Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) has an alternative sense (“or”).

⁴ tn Heb “the produce,” referring to “the produce” of the sixth year of v. 21. The words “sixth year” are supplied for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “until the ninth year, until bringing [in] its produce.”