Exodus 23:11 meaning and explanation
but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.
Exodus 23:11, Berean Standard Bible
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God is speaking to Israel at Sinai, setting out the laws for life in the promised land. The seventh year law, often called the sabbatical year, mirrors the weekly Sabbath: as the people rest one day in seven, the land rests one year in seven.
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