Exodus 23:11-13

Contemporary English Version

¹¹but let the land rest during the seventh year. The poor are to eat what they want from your fields, vineyards, and olive trees during that year, and when they have all they want from your fields, leave the rest for wild animals.

¹²^(A) Work the first six days of the week, but rest and relax on the seventh day. This law is not only for you, but for your oxen, donkeys, and slaves, as well as for any foreigners among you.

¹³Make certain that you obey everything I have said. Don't pray to other gods or even mention their names.

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Exodus 23:11-13

New International Version

¹¹but during the seventh year let the land lie unplowed and unused.^(A) Then the poor among your people may get food from it, and the wild animals may eat what is left. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.

¹²“Six days do your work,^(B) but on the seventh day do not work, so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and so that the slave born in your household and the foreigner living among you may be refreshed.^(C)

¹³“Be careful^(D) to do everything I have said to you. Do not invoke the names of other gods;^(E) do not let them be heard on your lips.^(F)

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