Leviticus 19:25 (DBY)

Passage

and in the fifth year shall ye eat the fruit thereof, that it may increase unto you the produce thereof: I am Jehovah your God.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 19:23 And when ye come into the land and plant all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count its fruit as uncircumcised, three years shall it be uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of;

Leviticus 19:24 and in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy for praise to Jehovah;

Leviticus 19:25 and in the fifth year shall ye eat the fruit thereof, that it may increase unto you the produce thereof: I am Jehovah your God.

Leviticus 19:26 Ye shall eat nothing with the blood. Ye shall not practise enchantment, nor use auguries.

Leviticus 19:27 Ye shall not shave the corners of your head round, neither shalt thou mutilate the corners of thy beard.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "fifth", "year", "shall", "fruit", "thereof", "increase", and "produce". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "fifth" and "year", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 24's "and in the fourth year all the..." into verse 26's "Ye shall eat nothing with the blood...", so "fifth" and "year" belong inside that flow. In Leviticus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "fifth" and "year" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.