Levítico 25:1-7

1 El año de descanso
Cuando Moisés estaba en el monte Sinaí, el Señor
le dijo:

2 «Da las siguientes instrucciones al pueblo de Israel: cuando hayas entrado en la tierra que te doy, la tierra misma deberá guardar un año de descanso ante el Señor
cada siete años.

3 Durante seis años podrás sembrar tus campos, podar tus viñedos y recoger tus cosechas,

4 pero durante el séptimo año la tierra deberá tener un año completo para descansar. Es el descanso del Señor
. No siembres tus campos ni podes tus viñedos durante ese año.

5 No almacenes las cosechas que crezcan por sí solas ni recojas las uvas de tus vides no podadas. La tierra deberá tener un año completo para descansar.

6 Se te permite comer de todo lo que produzca la tierra por sí sola durante su descanso. Esto es aplicable a ti, a tus sirvientes, a tus obreros contratados y a los residentes temporales que viven contigo.

7 A tu ganado y a los animales salvajes en tu tierra también se les permitirá comer de lo que produzca la tierra.

Levítico 25:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 25

In this chapter the Israelites are directed, when come into the land of Canaan, to observe every seventh year as a sabbatical year, in which there was to be no tillage of the land, and yet there would be a sufficiency for man and beast, Le 25:1-7; and every fiftieth year as a year of jubilee, in which also there was to be no tillage of the land, and every man was to return to his possession or estate, which had been sold to another any time before this, Le 25:8-17; and a promise of safety and plenty in the seventh year is made to encourage the observance of it, Le 25:18-22; and several laws and rules are delivered out concerning the sale of lands, the redemption of them, and their return to their original owner in the year of jubilee, Le 25:23-28; and the sale of houses, and the redemption of them, and the difference between those in walled cities and those in villages, with respect thereunto, Le 25:29-31; and also concerning the houses of the cities of the Levites, and the fields of the suburbs of them, Le 25:32-34; to which are added some instructions about relieving decayed, persons, and lending and giving to them, without taking usury of them, Le 25:34-38; and other laws concerning the release of such Israelites as had sold themselves for servants to the Israelites, in the year of jubilee, since none but Heathens were to be bondmen and bondmaids for ever, Le 25:39-46; and of such who were sold to proselytes, Le 25:47-55.