¹ And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, ² "Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them, 'When ye be come in to the land which I give you, let the land rest a Sabbath unto the LORD. ³ Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt cut thy vines and gather in thy fruits. ⁴ But the seventh year shall be a Sabbath of rest unto the land. The LORD's Sabbath it shall be, and thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor cut thy vines. ⁵ The corn that groweth by itself thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes that grow without thy dressing: but it shall be a Sabbath of rest unto the land. ⁶ Nevertheless the Sabbath of the land shall be meat for you: even for thee and thy servant and for thy maid and for thy hired servant and for the stranger that dwelleth with thee: ⁷ and for thy cattle and for the beasts that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.