Leviticus 19:23 meaning and explanation

When you enter the land and plant any kind of tree for food, you shall regard the fruit as forbidden. For three years it will be forbidden to you and must not be eaten.

Leviticus 19:23, Berean Standard Bible

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The LORD is speaking to Moses for the whole congregation of Israel, still camped at Sinai but looking ahead to life in Canaan. Israelite farmers were to treat a newly planted fruit tree's produce as forbidden, literally "uncircumcised," for three years.

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