²³ When you go into the land and plant fruit-bearing trees, you are not to eat the fruit right away. It’s off-limits for three years.^{[a] 24} When the fourth year arrives, all the fruit of those trees must be regarded as sacred, a praise offering to Me. ²⁵ When the fifth year arrives, you are finally allowed to eat the fruits of those trees. If you demonstrate your faith by following this procedure, these trees will be even more productive. I am the Eternal One, your God.