Leviticus 19:25 (YLT)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

Leviticus 19:27 `Ye do not round the corner of your head, nor destroy the corner of thy beard.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "fifth", "year", "fruit--to", "increase", and "jehovah". 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 its..." into verse 26's "Ye do not eat 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.