20 And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year, for we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase?

21 I will [a]send my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.

22 And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the old fruit until the ninth year: until the fruit thereof come ye shall eat the old.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 25:21 Hebrew, I will command.

20 You may ask, “What will we eat in the seventh year(A) if we do not plant or harvest our crops?” 21 I will send you such a blessing(B) in the sixth year that the land will yield enough for three years.(C) 22 While you plant during the eighth year, you will eat from the old crop and will continue to eat from it until the harvest of the ninth year comes in.(D)

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