Exodus 23:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.”
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“but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.”
King James Version · Public Domain“but the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie fallow; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beast of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and the seventh thou dost release it, and hast left it, and the needy of thy people have eaten, and their leaving doth the beast of the field eat; so dost thou to thy vineyard--to thine olive-yard.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 23:11 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 25:2“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land that I am giving you, the land itself must observe a Sabbath to the LORD.
- Leviticus 25:3For six years you may sow your field and prune your vineyard and gather its crops.
- Leviticus 25:11The fiftieth year will be a Jubilee for you; you are not to sow the land or reap its aftergrowth or harvest the untended vines.
- Leviticus 25:20Now you may wonder, ‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not sow or gather our produce?’
- Leviticus 25:22While you are sowing in the eighth year, you will be eating from the previous harvest, until the ninth year’s harvest comes in.
- Leviticus 26:34Then the land shall enjoy its Sabbaths all the days it lies desolate, while you are in the land of your enemies. At that time the land will rest and enjoy its Sabbaths.
- Deuteronomy 15:11For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.
- Nehemiah 10:32We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God:
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).