Translations
KJVPrimary
King James VersionAnd Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GMoshe commanded them, saying: 'At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time of the Shemittah year, at the festival of Sukkot,'
F.O.G.M
F.O.G MessageMoses commanded them, saying: 'At the end of every seven years — at the appointed time of the year of release, during the Festival of Booths —'
BSB
Berean Standard BibleThen Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of remission of debt, during the Feast of Tabernacles,
Footnotes
שְּׁמִטָּה (*shemittah*, from שָׁמַט *shamat* — to release, let drop) is the sabbatical year of debt release and land rest (cf. Deut. 15:1–2; Lev. 25). Sukkot (סֻּכּוֹת, 'Booths') was the great harvest pilgrimage festival, when all Israel — including strangers and the landless — gathered before YHWH. The choice of Sukkot is fitting: it commemorates the wilderness sojourn, and the public reading of Torah in that season echoes Moshe's own wilderness address throughout Deuteronomy. FOG retains *Shemittah* and *Sukkot* as culturally irreplaceable terms; FOG Message renders them accessibly as 'year of release' and 'Festival of Booths.'
