Leviticus 19:23 (DRB)

Passage

When you shall be come into the land, and shall have planted in it fruit trees, you shall take away the firstfruits of them. The fruit that comes forth shall be unclean to you: neither shall you eat of them.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 19:21 And for his trespass he shall offer a ram to the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony.

Leviticus 19:22 And the priest shall pray for him: and for his sin before the Lord: and he shall have mercy on him, and the sin shall be forgiven.

Leviticus 19:23 When you shall be come into the land, and shall have planted in it fruit trees, you shall take away the firstfruits of them. The fruit that comes forth shall be unclean to you: neither shall you eat of them.

Leviticus 19:24 But in the fourth year, all their fruit shall be sanctified, to the praise of the Lord.

Leviticus 19:25 And in the fifth year you shall eat the fruits thereof, gathering the increase thereof. I am the Lord your God.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "come", "land", "planted", "fruit", and "trees". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "come", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "And the priest shall pray for him..." into verse 24's "But in the fourth year all their...", so "shall" and "come" 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 "shall" and "come" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.