23 'And when ye come in unto the land, and have planted all 'kinds' of trees 'for' food, then ye have reckoned as uncircumcised its fruit, three years it is to you uncircumcised, it is not eaten, 24 and in the fourth year all its fruit is holy—praises for Jehovah. 25 And in the fifth year ye do eat its fruit—to add to you its increase; I 'am' Jehovah your God.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Leviticus 19:23-25
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laws.
There are some ceremonial precepts in this chapter, but most of these precepts are binding on us, for they are explanations of the ten commandments. It is required that Israel be a holy people, because the God of Israel is a holy God, verse 35. We must make conscience of obeying God's precepts. We are not to pick and choose our duty, but must aim at standing complete in all the will of God. And the nearer our lives and tempers are to the precepts of God's law, the happier shall we be, and the happier shall we make all around us, and the better shall we adorn the gospel.