1The LORD spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying:2Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them: When you come into the land that I give you, the land shall observe a sabbath to the LORD.3Six years you shall sow your soil, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and you shall gather its produce.4In the seventh year there shall be a sabbath of sabbath observance for the land, a sabbath to the LORD; you shall not sow your soil and you shall not prune your vineyard.5You shall not reap the aftergrowth of your harvest, and you shall not gather the grapes of your untrimmed vines; the year shall be a sabbath observance for the land.6The sabbath of the land shall belong to you for food, for you and for your servant and for your maidservant and for your hired worker and for the sojourner who sojourns with you.7It shall also belong to your animal and to the living thing that is in your land; all its produce shall be for eating.