Leviticus 25:1-7

Rules about the Sabbath Year of rest for the land

1 When Moses was on Mount Sinai, the Lord said to him, 2 ‘Tell Israel's people this:

You will go into the land that I will give to you. Then the land must have a rest every seven years. That will give me honour. 3 For six years, you may plant seeds in your fields. You may take care of your vines. You may bring home your crops at harvest time. 4 But in the seventh year, the land must have a complete rest. It is a Sabbath year to give honour to the Lord. You must not plant seeds in your fields. You must not take care of your vines. 5 You must not cut your crops or your grapes at harvest time. The land must have a year of complete rest.

6 But some things will still grow on the land during that year. You may eat anything that grows by itself in the Sabbath year. That will be food for you and for your servants. It will be food for the people that you pay to work for you. And it will be food for the foreign people who are living with you. 7 The land will also provide food for your farm animals and for the wild animals. You may eat any food that the land provides during that year.