For it is a Jubilee; it shall be holy to you. You may eat only the crops taken directly from the field.
Parallel translations
- WEB For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy to you. You shall eat of its increase out of the field.
- KJV For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.
- NKJV For it is the Jubilee; it shall be holy to you; you shall eat its produce from the field.
- NASB For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy to you. You shall eat its produce from the field.
- NLT It will be a jubilee year for you, and you must keep it holy. But you may eat whatever the land produces on its own.
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The Jubilee was holy, and Israel was to eat directly from what the field produced. The year set apart to God supplied its own provision.
Overview
Because the Jubilee was consecrated to the LORD, the people ate the field's natural increase rather than stored or cultivated harvests. This holiness shaped even how they obtained food, keeping them mindful of God's ownership. It reinforced trust that the holy God provides for those who honor his commands.
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- Lev 25:6–7Whatever the land yields during the Sabbath year shall be food for you—for yourself, your manservant and maidservant, the hired hand or foreigner who stays with you,
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