Exodus 23:10-12
““For six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in its increase, but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the animals of the field shall eat. In the same way, you shall deal with your vineyard, and with your olive grove. Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your female servant, and the foreigner, may be refreshed.””
This passage is part of the 'Book of the Covenant' in Exodus, following the Ten Commandments. It outlines laws given to the ancient Israelites for their society, including how to structure their agricultural and daily work cycles to ensure rest and provide for the vulnerable.
What steps might we take to build rhythms of rest and resource sharing into our economic systems today?