Verse 6
6. Planted a vineyard The word כרם is not to be restricted to vineyards. The same term is applied to olive groves.
Hath not yet eaten of it The Hebrew term חלל , to make common, is here used in the sense of to apply to common use. The fruit of the vine, or of fruit trees in general, was not to be gathered for use for the first three years. In the fourth year the fruit was to be consecrated to Jehovah. It was not till the fifth year that the fruit could be gathered for common use.
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