Exodus 23:11

Conservative English Version

but let the land rest during the seventh year. The poor are to eat what they want from your fields, vineyards, and olive trees during that year, and when they have all they want from your fields, leave the rest for wild animals.

Cross References

Nehemiah 10:31

We won't buy goods or grain on the Sabbath or on any other sacred day, not even from foreigners. Every seven years we will let our fields rest, and we will cancel all debts.

Nehemiah 10:32

Once a year we will each donate a small amount of silver to the temple of our God.

Exodus 23:10

Plant and harvest your crops for six years,

Exodus 23:12

Work the first six days of the week, but rest and relax on the seventh day. This law is not only for you, but for your oxen, donkeys, and slaves, as well as for any foreigners among you.

Leviticus 25:20

Don't ever worry about what you will eat during the seventh year when you are forbidden to plant or harvest.

Leviticus 25:22

In the eighth year you will live on what you harvested in the sixth year, but in the ninth year you will eat what you plant and harvest in the eighth year.

Numbers 16:14

You keep promising us rich farmlands with fertile fields and vineyards--but where are they? Stop trying to trick these people. No, we won't come to see you."

Deuteronomy 15:11

There will always be some Israelites who are poor and needy. That's why I am commanding you to be generous with them.