Leviticus 25:21

I will bless you in the sixth year, so that the land will produce a crop that will be enough for three years.

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In The King James Version

Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.

In Context

20But if you ask, ‘What are we going to do in the seventh year if we do not sow or harvest our crops?’

22As you sow in the eighth year, you will still be eating from that harvest, which will last until your harvest in the ninth year.

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Cross References

Genesis 41:47During the seven years of good harvests, the land produced plenty of food.

Exodus 16:29You need to understand that the Lord has given you the Sabbath, so on the sixth day he will provide you with food for two days. On the seventh day, everyone has to stay where they are—no one needs to go out.”

Leviticus 25:8Count seven ‘sabbaths’ of years, in other words, seven times seven years, so that the seven sabbaths of years come to forty-nine years.

Deuteronomy 28:8The Lord will bless your income and everything you do. The Lord your God will bless you in the country he is giving you.

Proverbs 10:22The Lord's blessing makes you rich, and he doesn't add any sadness to accompany it.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 25:9-23

Institution of the Jubilee; the Year of the Jubilee. ( b. c. 1490.) 8 And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. 9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. 10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the… Read the whole commentary →

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