[If] one leases a field from another, and it is an irrigated field or a field containing a tree —- [if] the spring dried up or the tree was felled, he may not deduct from his rent. If he said to him: “Lease me this irrigated field,” or “this field containing a tree,” [then if] the spring dried up or the tree was cut down, he may deduct from his rent.

[If] one leased a field from another, and left it fallow —- we assess how much it was fit to yield, and he [must] give [it] to him. For so he writes to him: “If I leave it fallow or do not till it, I will pay of the best.”