³ For six years sow your fields, and for six years prune your vineyards and gather their crops.^{(A) 4} But in the seventh year the land is to have a year of sabbath rest,^(B) a sabbath to the Lord. Do not sow your fields or prune your vineyards.^{(C) 5} Do not reap what grows of itself^(D) or harvest the grapes^(E) of your untended vines.^(F) The land is to have a year of rest.

²⁰ You may ask, “What will we eat in the seventh year^(A) if we do not plant or harvest our crops?” ²¹ I will send you such a blessing^(B) in the sixth year that the land will yield enough for three years.^{(C) 22} While you plant during the eighth year, you will eat from the old crop and will continue to eat from it until the harvest of the ninth year comes in.^(D)