Lev 25:2-7 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Lev 25:2-7: 25:2-7 During the year of Sabbath rest, there was to be no formal cultivation or harvesting of the land; from what grew on its own the landowner could gather what he needed for his household day by day. Whatever remained uneaten was left for the poor and for foreigners (Exod 23:10-11 ), and what they left provided food for both wild and domestic animals. See also Exod 21:2 ; Deut 15:1-11 .

a25:2-7►

bExod 23:10-11►

cExod 21:2►

dDeut 15:1-11►

‏ Leviticus 25:2-7

Summary for Lev 25:2-7: 25:2-7 ^a During the year of Sabbath rest, there was to be no formal cultivation or harvesting of the land; from what grew on its own the landowner could gather what he needed for his household day by day. Whatever remained uneaten was left for the poor and for foreigners (Exod 23:10-11 ^b), and what they left provided food for both wild and domestic animals. See also Exod 21:2 ^c; Deut 15:1-11 ^d.
25:4 ^e land must have a Sabbath year: The principle behind the Sabbath (see study note on 19:30) was that God rested and therefore man rests. Here the principle was extended to the land.