44 Heb “to add to you its produce.” The rendering here assumes that the point of this clause is simply that finally being allowed to eat the fruit in the fifth year adds the fruit of the tree to their harvest. Some take the verb to be from אָסַף (’asaf, “to gather”) rather than יָסַף (yasaf, “to add; to increase”), rendering the verse, “to gather to you the produce” (E. S. Gerstenberger, Leviticus [], 260, and see the versions referenced in J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [], ). Others take it to mean that by following the regulations given previously they will honor the Lord so that the Lord will cause the trees to increase the amount of fruit they would normally produce (Hartley, , ; cf. , , , ).

In other versions

But in the fifth year you may eat of its fruit, to increase its yield for you: I am the Lord your God.

But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit. In this way your harvest will be increased. I am the Lord your God.

But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit. In this way its yield will increase for you; I am the Lord your God.

Finally, in the fifth year you may eat the fruit. If you follow this pattern, your harvest will increase. I am the Lord your God.

And in the fifth year you shall eat its fruit to increase its yield for you; I am Yahweh your God.

And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the Lord your God.

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