1 The Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai,
2 “Tell the Israelites: When you come into the land I’m giving you, the land will celebrate a year to honor the Lord.
3 Then, for six years you may plant crops in your fields, prune your vineyards, and gather what they produce.
4 However, the seventh year will be a festival year for the land. It will be a year to honor the Lord. Don’t plant crops in your fields or prune your vineyards.
5 Don’t harvest what grows by itself or harvest grapes from your vines. That year will be a festival for the land.
6 Whatever the land produces during that year is for all of you to eat—for you, your male and female slaves, your hired workers, foreigners among you,
7 your animals and the wild animals in your land. Everything the land produces will be yours to eat.