KJV King James Version
And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.
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Leviticus 19:23
And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When you enter the land and plant any kind of tree for food, you shall regard the fruit as forbidden. For three years it will be forbidden to you and must not be eaten.
WEB World English Bible
“‘When you come into the land, and have planted all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as forbidden. Three years shall they be forbidden to you. It shall not be eaten.
ASV American Standard Version
And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as their uncircumcision: three years shall they be as uncircumcised unto you; it shall not be eaten.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And when ye come in unto the land, and have planted all kinds of trees for food, then ye have reckoned as uncircumcised its fruit, three years it is to you uncircumcised, it is not eaten,
Surrounding context — Leviticus 19
20 And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that [is] a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.
21 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, [even] a ram for a trespass offering.
22 And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.
23 And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.
24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD [withal].
25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I [am] the LORD your God.
26 Ye shall not eat [any thing] with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.
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וְכִי־H3588 · kiforתָבֹ֣אוּH935 · boto come (in): comeאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הָאָ֗רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetוּנְטַעְתֶּם֙H5193 · na.tato plantכָּל־H3605 · kolallעֵ֣ץH6086 · etstree: woodמַאֲכָ֔לH3978 · ma.a.khalfoodוַעֲרַלְתֶּ֥םH6188 · a.relbe uncircumcisedעָרְלָת֖וֹH6190 · or.lah(Gilgal)-haaralothאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]פִּרְי֑וֹH6529 · pe.rifruitשָׁלֹ֣שׁH7969 · sha.loshthreeשָׁנִ֗יםH8141 · sha.nehyearיִהְיֶ֥הH1961 · ha.yahto beלָכֶ֛םH9036 · khemyouעֲרֵלִ֖יםH6189 · a.reluncircumcisedלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotיֵאָכֵֽל׃H398 · a.khalto eat
Cross-references
Leviticus 22:27When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD.Acts 7:51Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers [did], so [do] ye.Jeremiah 9:25-26Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all [them which are] circumcised with the uncircumcised;Exodus 22:29-30Thou shalt not delay [to offer] the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.Jeremiah 6:10To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear [is] uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.Leviticus 12:3And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.Exodus 6:12And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who [am] of uncircumcised lips?Leviticus 14:34When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession;Exodus 6:30And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I [am] of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?
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