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[Roy Johnson <royj157@gmail.com>]

In nature, trees generally would not fruit until they have grown a few years, and a small crop of fruit does not directly hinder growth and vigor.

This bible passage has some other hidden moral meaning than crop harvest or tree condition.

Perhaps an Orthodox Jewish Rabbi can give an explanation of this.

On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Michael Dossett <phainopepla@yahoo.com> wrote:

How about the notion that maybe the first three years any fruit should be removed so that the tree can establish itself and grow stronger first?  Removing any fruit the first three years would also put temptation out of harm's way so to speak.


Michael Dossett
Corvallis, Oregon
www.Mdossettphoto.com
phainopepla@yahoo.com


--- On Tue, 2/2/10, Jwlehman@aol.com <Jwlehman@aol.com> wrote:

> From: Jwlehman@aol.com <Jwlehman@aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Bible Comments on Fruit Trees
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Tuesday, February 2, 2010, 11:48 AM
> In a message dated 2/2/2010 1:38:42
> PM Eastern Standard Time, landaus@gmail.com writes:
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> I know this is non-scientifc, but I was sitting in a
> service last weekend being bored.  There was a well
> indexed bible and looked up passages on fruit, agriculture,
> etc.   Is there any scientific backing to this
> passage?
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> "When you come into the land and plant any kind of
> tree for food, then you shall regard its fruit as
> forbidden.b
> Three years it shall be
> forbidden to you; it must not be eaten. 24And in
> the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, an offering of
> praise to the Lord. 25But in
> the fifth year you may eat of its fruit, to increase its
> yield for you"    Leviticus 19:23
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> Any reason to leave the fruit on the ground for the first
> few years?
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> This should be an interesting
> discussion. Ed Fackler should be able address this with
> expertise from two points of view.
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> Back then when moving from one land to another about the
> most often used method to transport trees was in seed form.
> A great many species of fruit trees fruiting from seed the
> first year or two produce fruit not normal to what it bears
> when it is mature. I can vouch for this with
> persimmon.  And I have other heard others say the same
> thing about other fruit bearing tree species. So the first
> three years they may have considered it an edible.  The
> fourth-year it would be a gift unto the Lord and I would
> imagine the high priests ate it, certainly could have. And
> in the fifth year of fruiting the fruit characteristics
> should stabilize and the grower was now free to eat it.
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> Even after that fourth-year if one considers tithing one
> apple in ten should be given unto the Lord.
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> Jerry
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