Imamat 19:23

The Produce of Fruit Trees

19:23 “‘When you enter the land and plant any fruit tree, ¹  you must consider its fruit to be forbidden. ²  Three years it will be forbidden to you; ³  it must not be eaten.

Imamat 23:18

23:18 Along with the loaves of bread, ⁴  you must also present seven flawless yearling lambs, ⁵  one young bull, ⁶  and two rams. ⁷  They are to be a burnt offering to the Lord along with their grain offering ⁸  and drink offerings, a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord. ⁹ 

[19:23]  ¹ tn Heb “tree of food”; KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV “trees for food.”

[19:23]  ² tn Heb “you shall circumcise its fruit [as] its foreskin,” taking the fruit to be that which is to be removed and, therefore, forbidden. Since the fruit is uncircumcised it is forbidden (see J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 306, and esp. B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 131-32).

[19:23]  ³ tn Heb “it shall be to you uncircumcised.”

[23:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “And you shall present on the bread.”

[23:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “seven flawless lambs, sons of a year.”

[23:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “and one bull, a son of a herd.”

[23:18]  ⁷ tc Smr and LXX add “flawless.”

[23:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “and their grain offering.”

[23:18]  ⁹ sn See the note on Lev 1:9.