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King James Version

Exodus 23:10

And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Agriculture;   Sabbatic Year;   Thompson Chain Reference - Agriculture;   Agriculture-Horticulture;   Harvest;   The Topic Concordance - Sabbath;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Agriculture or Husbandry;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Sabbatical Year;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ethics;   Justice;   Sabbatical year;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Amos, Theology of;   Work;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Festivals, Religious;   Sabbatical Year;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Year;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exodus, Book of;   Festivals;   Loan;   Pentateuch;   Sabbatical Year;   Vine;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Agriculture;   Canon of the Old Testament;   Covenant, Book of the;   Debt;   Ethics;   Hexateuch;   Law;   Leviticus;   Priests and Levites;   Sabbatical Year;   Ten Commandments;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Debt, Debtor (2);   Poverty (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Sabbatical Year;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jubilee, the Year of;   Law of Moses;   Sabbatical Year;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Agrarian Laws;   Covenant, the Book of the;   Law in the Old Testament;   Poor;   Sabbatical Year;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Job;   Pentecost;   Plague;   Shebi'it;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
"For six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in its increase,
Lexham English Bible
"‘And six years you will sow your land and gather its yield.
New Century Version
"For six years you are to plant and harvest crops on your land.
New English Translation
"For six years you are to sow your land and gather in its produce.
Amplified Bible
"You shall sow your land six years and harvest its yield,
New American Standard Bible
"Now you shall sow your land for six years and gather in its yield,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Moreouer, sixe yeres thou shalt sowe thy land, and gather the fruites thereof,
Legacy Standard Bible
"Now you shall sow your land for six years and gather in its produce,
Contemporary English Version
The Lord said: Plant and harvest your crops for six years,
Complete Jewish Bible
"For six years, you are to sow your land with seed and gather in its harvest.
Darby Translation
And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and gather in its produce;
Easy-to-Read Version
"Plant seeds, harvest your crops, and work the ground for six years.
English Standard Version
"For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield,
George Lamsa Translation
For six years you shall sow your land and shall gather in the crops thereof:
Good News Translation
"For six years plant your land and gather in what it produces.
Christian Standard Bible®
“Sow your land for six years and gather its produce.
Literal Translation
And you shall sow your land six years, and you shall gather its produce.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Sixe yeares shalt thou sowe thy londe, and gather in the frute therof:
American Standard Version
And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the increase thereof:
Bible in Basic English
For six years put seed into your fields and get in the increase;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Sixe yeres thou shalt sowe thy lande, and gather in the fruites therof.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and gather in the increase thereof;
King James Version (1611)
And sixe yeres thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruites thereof:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Six years thou shalt sow thy land, and gather in the fruits of it.
English Revised Version
And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the increase thereof:
Berean Standard Bible
For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sixe yeer thou schalt sowe thi lond, and thou schalt gadre fruytis therof;
Young's Literal Translation
`And six years thou dost sow thy land, and hast gathered its increase;
Update Bible Version
And six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in the increase thereof:
Webster's Bible Translation
And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:
World English Bible
"For six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in its increase,
New King James Version
"Six years you shall sow your land and gather in its produce,
New Living Translation
"Plant and harvest your crops for six years,
New Life Bible
"You will plant seeds in your land for six years, and gather the grain.
New Revised Standard
For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And six years, shalt thou sow thy land, - and shalt gather the yield thereof;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Six years thou shalt sow thy ground, and shalt gather the corn thereof.
Revised Standard Version
"For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield;
THE MESSAGE
"Sow your land for six years and gather in its crops, but in the seventh year leave it alone and give it a rest so that your poor may eat from it. What they leave, let the wildlife have. Do the same with your vineyards and olive groves.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You shall sow your land for six years and gather in its yield,

Contextual Overview

10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: 11 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. 12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed. 13 And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth. 14 Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year. 15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:) 16 And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field. 17 Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord God. 18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning. 19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

six years: Leviticus 25:3, Leviticus 25:4, Nehemiah 10:31

Reciprocal: Leviticus 2:12 - the oblation Leviticus 25:2 - a sabbath Deuteronomy 15:1 - General Jeremiah 34:8 - to proclaim Jeremiah 34:14 - At the

Cross-References

Genesis 23:1
And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.
Genesis 23:3
And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
Genesis 23:4
I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
Genesis 23:18
Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
Genesis 24:10
And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
Genesis 34:20
And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
Genesis 34:24
And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
Job 29:7
When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
Isaiah 28:6
And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
Matthew 9:1
And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And six years thou shall sow thy land, The land of Canaan, given to their ancestors and to them, and which they were now going to inherit; and when they came into it they were to plant it with vines and olives; or rather, these being ready planted, they were to prune and dress them; and they were to till their land, and plough it, and sow it with various sorts of grain, for six years running, from the time of their possession of it:

and shall gather in the fruits thereof; corn and wine, and oil, into their own garners, treasuries, and cellars, as their own property, to dispose of as they pleased for their own use and profit.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This is the first mention of the Sabbatical year; the law for it is given at length in Leviticus 25:2. Both the Sabbatical year and the weekly Sabbath are here spoken of exclusively in their relation to the poor, as bearing testimony to the equality of the people in their covenant with Yahweh. In the first of these institutions, the proprietor of the soil gave up his rights for the year to the whole community of living creatures, not excepting the beasts: in the latter, the master gave up his claim for the day to the services of his servants and cattle.

Exodus 23:12

May be refreshed - Literally, “may take breath.”


 
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