“And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.”
Your animals and the wild animals in your land may eat whatever the land produces. The animals — domestic and wild — also share in the sabbatical year's spontaneous produce. The comprehensive access of all living creatures to the sabbatical year's growth communicates the ecological generosity of the covenant's land theology: the seventh year belongs not only to the human community but to every creature that inhabits the land. The God who created the animals also provides for them through the sabbatical year's open access.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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