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He that plants a piece of land, the trees of which produce fruits
before the fourth year, is not to bring thence any first-fruits to God,
nor is he to make use of that fruit himself, for it is not produced in
its proper season; for when nature has a force put upon her at an unseasonable
time, the fruit is not proper for God, nor for the master's use; but let
the owner gather all that is grown on the fourth car, for then it is in
its proper season. And let him that has gathered it carry it to the holy
city, and spend that, together with the tithe of his other fruits, in feasting
with his friends, with the orphans, and the widows. But on the fifth year
the fruit is his own, and he may use it as he pleases.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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