You are not to reap the aftergrowth of your harvest or gather the grapes of your untended vines. The land must have a year of complete rest.
Parallel translations
- WEB What grows of itself in your harvest you shall not reap, and you shall not gather the grapes of your undressed vine. It shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.
- KJV That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land.
- NKJV What grows of its own accord of your harvest you shall not reap, nor gather the grapes of your untended vine, for it is a year of rest for the land.
- NASB You shall not reap your harvest’s aftergrowth, and you shall not gather your grapes of untrimmed vines; the land shall have a sabbatical year.
- NLT And 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.
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Quick answer
During the seventh year Israel was not to harvest the volunteer growth as a formal crop. The land's rest was to be genuine and complete.
Overview
Even what grew naturally was not to be reaped or gathered as in a normal year, preserving the land's true Sabbath. This restraint required Israel to release their grip on productivity and yield. The discipline cultivated trust that the LORD, not human effort, was the true source of their sustenance.
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- Isa 37:30And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
- 2 Kgs 19:29And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
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