Exodus 23:10

10 Sixe yeres thou shalt sowe thi londe ad gather in the frutes theroff:

Exodus 23:10 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 23:10

And six years thou shall sow thy land,
The land of Canaan, given to their ancestors and to them, and which they were now going to inherit; and when they came into it they were to plant it with vines and olives; or rather, these being ready planted, they were to prune and dress them; and they were to till their land, and plough it, and sow it with various sorts of grain, for six years running, from the time of their possession of it:

and shall gather in the fruits thereof;
corn and wine, and oil, into their own garners, treasuries, and cellars, as their own property, to dispose of as they pleased for their own use and profit.

Exodus 23:10 In-Context

8 Thou shalt take no giftes, for giftes blynde the seynge and peruerte the wordes of the righteous.
9 Thou shalt not oppresse a straunger, for I knowe the herte of straunger, because ye were straungers in Egipte.
10 Sixe yeres thou shalt sowe thi londe ad gather in the frutes theroff:
11 and the seuenth yere thou shalt let it rest and lye styll, that the poore of thi people maye eate, and what they leaue, the beestes of the felde shall eate: In like maner thou shalt do with thi vyneyarde ad thine olyue trees.
12 Sixe dayes thou shalt do thi worke ad the seuenth daye thou shalt kepe holie daye, that thyne oxe and thine asse maye rest ad the sonne of thi mayde and the straunger maye be refresshed.
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