but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to the Lord. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard. (A)You shall not reap what grows of itself in your harvest, or gather the grapes of your undressed vine. It shall be a year of solemn rest for the land. The Sabbath of the land[a] shall provide food for you, for yourself and for your male and female slaves[b] and for your hired worker and the sojourner who lives with you,

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 25:6 That is, the Sabbath produce of the land
  2. Leviticus 25:6 Or servants

But in the seventh year the land is to have a year of sabbath rest,(A) a sabbath to the Lord. Do not sow your fields or prune your vineyards.(B) Do not reap what grows of itself(C) or harvest the grapes(D) of your untended vines.(E) The land is to have a year of rest. Whatever the land yields during the sabbath year(F) will be food for you—for yourself, your male and female servants, and the hired worker and temporary resident who live among you,

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