Leviticus 19:25
in Leviticus 19But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit; thus your harvest will be increased. I am the LORD your God.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am Jehovah your God.
KJV
And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the Lord your God.
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This verse in Leviticus 19
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
When you enter the land
on Leviticus 19:23-25
A planted tree's fruit is "forbidden" for three years. The Hebrew behind that word is uncircumcised, used of men and of the lips of Moses at Exodus 6:12. The Torah uses it of a tree only here.
This site's exposition
thus your harvest will be increased
John Gill reads the promise as a harvest large enough to make up for three years without fruit and the fourth year given to God. The owner eats from the fifth year on. Gill grounds the promise in the closing words, I am the LORD your God.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof,.... And so in all succeeding years as long as the tree lasted and bore: that it may yield unto you the increase thereof; may be so abundantly blessed, and produce so large an increase as to answer the three years' want of any fruit from it, and the dedication of the fruit of the fourth year to the Lord: I am the Lord your God; who has promised this increase, is both able and faithful to make it good.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The very expression, 'to regard them as uncircumcised,' suggests the propriety of pinching them off; I do not say cutting them off, because it is generally the hand, and not a knife, that is employed in this operation" [MICHAELIS].
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The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבַשָּׁנָ֣ה | uvashanah | and in the year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| הַחֲמִישִׁ֗ת | hachamishit | <the> fifth | H2549 → | 45 times |
| תֹּֽאכְלוּ֙ | tokhelu | you will eat | H398 → | 810 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| פִּרְי֔וֹ | piryo | fruit its | H6529 → | 119 times |
| לְהוֹסִ֥יף | lehosif | to add | H3254 → | 212 times |
| לָכֶ֖ם | lakhem | to <the> you | ||
| תְּבוּאָת֑וֹ | tevuato | produce its | H8393 → | 42 times |
| אֲנִ֖י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| יְהוָ֥ה | yahweh | [am] Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ | ʾeloheikhem | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
וּבַשָּׁנָ֣הand in the year
uvashanahH8141 →877 times
הַחֲמִישִׁ֗ת<the> fifth
hachamishitH2549 →45 times
תֹּֽאכְלוּ֙you will eat
tokheluH398 →810 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
פִּרְי֔וֹfruit its
piryoH6529 →119 times
לְהוֹסִ֥יףto add
lehosifH3254 →212 times
לָכֶ֖םto <the> you
lakhem
תְּבוּאָת֑וֹproduce its
tevuatoH8393 →42 times
אֲנִ֖יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
יְהוָ֥ה[am] Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃God your
ʾeloheikhemH430 →2601 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
On this page
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.