Exodus 23:11

God's Word

but in the seventh year you must leave the land unplowed and unused. In that way the poor among your people will have food to eat, and wild animals may eat what the poor people leave. You must do the same with your vineyards and olive groves.

Cross References

Nehemiah 10:31

If the inhabitants of the land bring merchandise or grain to sell on the day of rest—a holy day, we won’t buy anything from them on the day of rest or any other holy day. During the seventh year, we won’t plant the fields or collect any debts.

Nehemiah 10:32

Also, we take upon ourselves the obligation to give an eighth of an ounce of silver every year for worship in our God’s temple:

Exodus 23:10

“For six years you may plant crops in your fields and harvest them,

Exodus 23:12

“For six days you will do your work, but on the seventh day you must not work. Then your ox and donkey can rest. The slaves born in your household and foreigners will also be refreshed.

Leviticus 25:20

You may ask, ‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not plant or bring in our crops?’

Leviticus 25:22

You will plant ⌞again⌟ in the eighth year but live on what the land already produced. You will eat it, even in the ninth year, until the land produces more.

Numbers 16:14

Certainly you haven’t brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey or given us any fields and vineyards to own. Do you think you can still pull the wool over our eyes? We won’t come.”

Deuteronomy 15:11

There will always be poor people in the land. That’s why I command you to be generous to other Israelites who are poor and needy.