Leviticus 25:4
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But in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath to the land, of the resting of the Lord. Thou shalt not sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.

Leviticus 25:20-23 But if you say: What shall we eat the seventh year, if we sow not, nor gather our fruits? . . .

Leviticus 26:34,35,43 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths all the days of her desolation. When you shall be . . .

Exodus 23:10,11 Six years thou shalt sow thy ground, and shalt gather the corn thereof. . . .

2 Chronicles 36:21 That the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, and the land might keep her sabbaths: for all the days of the desolation she kept a sabbath, till the seventy years were expired.

Context
The Sabbatical Year
3Six years thou shalt sow thy field and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and shalt gather the fruits thereof. 4But in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath to the land, of the resting of the Lord. Thou shalt not sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.5What the ground shall bring forth of itself, thou shalt not reap: neither shalt thou gather the grapes or the firstfruits as a vintage. For it is a year of rest to the land.…
Cross References
Leviticus 25:5
What the ground shall bring forth of itself, thou shalt not reap: neither shalt thou gather the grapes or the firstfruits as a vintage. For it is a year of rest to the land.

Leviticus 25:20
But if you say: What shall we eat the seventh year, if we sow not, nor gather our fruits?

2 Chronicles 36:21
That the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, and the land might keep her sabbaths: for all the days of the desolation she kept a sabbath, till the seventy years were expired.

Lexicon
But in the seventh
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗ת (haš·šə·ḇî·‘iṯ)
Article | Number - ordinal feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7637: Seventh (an ordinal number)

year
וּבַשָּׁנָ֣ה (ū·ḇaš·šā·nāh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8141: A year

{there shall} be
יִהְיֶ֣ה (yih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a Sabbath
שַׁבַּ֤ת (šab·baṯ)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7676: Intermission, the Sabbath

of complete rest
שַׁבָּתוֹן֙ (šab·bā·ṯō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7677: Sabbath observance, sabbatism

for the land—
לָאָ֔רֶץ (lā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

a Sabbath
שַׁבָּ֖ת (šab·bāṯ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7676: Intermission, the Sabbath

to the LORD.
לַיהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

You are not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

to sow
תִזְרָ֔ע (ṯiz·rā‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2232: To sow, to disseminate, plant, fructify

your field
שָֽׂדְךָ֙ (śā·ḏə·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7704: Field, land

or prune
תִזְמֹֽר׃ (ṯiz·mōr)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2168: To trim, prune

your vineyard.
וְכַרְמְךָ֖ (wə·ḵar·mə·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3754: A garden, vineyard


Additional Translations
But in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land—a Sabbath to the LORD. You are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard.But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest to the land, a sabbath for the LORD: you shall neither sow your field, nor prune your vineyard.

but in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath unto Jehovah: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.

But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath, it shall be a rest to the land, a sabbath to the Lord: thou shalt not sow thy field, and thou shalt not prune thy vine.

but in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest for the land, a sabbath to Jehovah. Thy field shalt thou not sow, and thy vineyard shalt thou not prune.

but in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath unto the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.

But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest to the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.

but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to Yahweh. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard.

and in the seventh year a sabbath of rest is to the land, a sabbath to Jehovah; thy field thou dost not sow, and thy vineyard thou dost not prune;
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