Exodus 23:11

Bible in Basic English 1965

But in the seventh year let the land have a rest and be unplanted; so that the poor may have food from it: and let the beasts of the field take the rest. Do the same with your vine-gardens and your olive-trees.

Cross References

Nehemiah 10:31

And if the peoples of the lands come to do trade in goods or food on the Sabbath day, that we would do no trade with them on the Sabbath or on a holy day: and that in the seventh year we would take no payment from any debtor.

Nehemiah 10:32

And we made rules for ourselves, taxing ourselves a third of a shekel every year for the upkeep of the house of our God;

Exodus 23:10

For six years put seed into your fields and get in the increase;

Exodus 23:12

For six days do your work, and on the seventh day keep the Sabbath; so that your ox and your ass may have rest, together with the son of your servant and the man from a strange land living among you.

Leviticus 25:20

And if you say, Where will our food come from in the seventh year, when we may not put in seed, or get in the increase

Leviticus 25:22

And in the eighth year you will put in your seed, and get your food from the old stores, till the fruit of the ninth year is ready.

Numbers 16:14

And more than this, you have not taken us into a land flowing with milk and honey, or given us a heritage of fields and vine-gardens: will you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up.

Deuteronomy 15:11

For there will never be a time when there are no poor in the land; and so I give orders to you, Let your hand be open to your countrymen, to those who are poor and in need in your land.