Negative Commandment #282 of 613
Do not reap crops that grow wild during the seventh year in the normal manner
Commandment #282 — a prohibition from Leviticus 25:5, classified under Shemittah and Yovel in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'Your harvest's aftergrowth you shall not reap, and your grapes of untrimmed vines you shall not gather; the land shall have a sabbatical year.”
— Leviticus 25:5
Hebrew
ה אֵת סְפִיחַ קְצִירְךָ לֹא תִקְצוֹר, וְאֶת-עִנְּבֵי נְזִירֶךָ לֹא תִבְצֹר: שְׁנַת שַׁבָּתוֹן, יִהְיֶה לָאָרֶץ.
Greek (Septuagint)
5 καὶ τὰ αὐτόματα ἀναβαίνοντα τοῦ ἀγροῦ σου οὐκ ἐκθερίσεις καὶ τὴν σταφυλὴν τοῦ ἁγιάσματός σου οὐκ ἐκτρυγήσεις· ἐνιαυτὸς ἀναπαύσεως ἔσται τῇ γῇ.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Shemittah and Yovel
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 25
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- B'har
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #328
- Mishneh Torah
- SeedsThe Sabbatical Year and the Jubilee
Related Commandments in “Shemittah and Yovel”
#279: The land shall rest unworked during the seventh year
Exodus 34:21
#280: Do not work the land during the seventh year
Leviticus 25:4
#281: Do not work with trees to produce fruit during the seventh year
Leviticus 25:4
#283: Do not gather grapes which grow wild during the seventh year in the normal way
Leviticus 25:5
#284: Leave free all produce which grew in the seventh year
Exodus 23:11
#285: Release all loans during the seventh year
Deuteronomy 15:2
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