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Leviticus 25:22

20 Now you may wonder, ‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not sow or gather our produce?’

21 But I will send My blessing upon you in the sixth year, so that the land will yield a crop sufficient for three years.

While you are sowing in the eighth year, you will be eating from the previous harvest, until the ninth year’s harvest comes in.

23 The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.

24 Thus for every piece of property you possess, you must provide for the redemption of the land.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
While you are sowing in the eighth year, you will be eating from the previous harvest, until the ninth year’s harvest comes in.
KJV
And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store.
WEB
You shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits from the old store until the ninth year. Until its fruits come in, you shall eat the old store.
ASV
And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits, the old store; until the ninth year, until its fruits come in, ye shall eat the old store.
DARBY
and ye shall sow in the eighth year, and ye shall eat of the old fruit until the ninth year; until her produce come in, ye shall eat the old.
BLB
And you⁺ shall sow in the eighth year, and eat of the old produce until the ninth year; until its produce comes in, you⁺ shall eat [of] the old [harvest].
ÅB
I det åttende år skal dere så, men enda spise av den gamle grøde; like til det niende års grøde kommer, skal dere spise gammelt korn.
OTB
Mens dere sår i det åttende året, skal dere spise av den gamle avlingen og fortsette å spise av den til den niende året når dens avling kommer inn.
B1930
I det åttende år skal I så, men ennu ete av den gamle grøde; like til det niende års grøde kommer, skal I ete gammelt korn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Leviticus 26:10

    You will still be eating the old supply of grain when you need to clear it out to make room for the new.

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  • 2 Kings 19:29

    And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

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  • Isaiah 37:30

    And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

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  • Joshua 5:11–12

    The day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate unleavened bread and roasted grain from the produce of the land.

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