Text -- Exodus 23:11 (NET)

23:11 But in the seventh year you must let it lie fallow and leave it alone so that the poor of your people may eat, and what they leave any animal in the field may eat; you must do likewise with your vineyard and your olive grove.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Exo 23:11

¹ tn Heb “and the seventh year”; an adverbial accusative with a disjunctive vav (ו).

² tn Heb “living thing/creature/beast of the field.” A general term for animals, usually wild animals, including predators (cf. v. 29; Gen 2:19-20; Lev 26:22; Deut 7:22; 1 Sam 17:46; Job 5:22-23; Ezek 29:5; 34:5).