Leviticus 19:24 (YLT)

Passage

and in the fourth year all its fruit is holy--praises for Jehovah.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 19:22 and the priest hath made atonement for him with the ram of the guilt-offering before Jehovah, for his sin which he hath sinned, and it hath been forgiven him because of his sin which he hath sinned.

Leviticus 19:23 `And when ye come in unto the land, and have planted all <FI>kinds<Fi> of trees <FI>for<Fi> food, then ye have reckoned as uncircumcised its fruit, three years it is to you uncircumcised, it is not eaten,

Leviticus 19:24 and in the fourth year all its fruit is holy--praises for Jehovah.

Leviticus 19:25 And in the fifth year ye do eat its fruit--to add to you its increase; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God.

Leviticus 19:26 `Ye do not eat with the blood; ye do not enchant, nor observe clouds.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "fourth", "year", "fruit", "holy--praises", and "jehovah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "fourth" and "year", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 23's "And when ye come in unto the..." into verse 25's "And in the fifth year ye do...", so "fourth" 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 "fourth" and "year" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.