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Leviticus 25:20 KJV
Leviticus · chapter 25 · verse 20
And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:Leviticus 25:20 · King James Version
Leviticus 25:20 in context
18Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
19And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
20And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:
21Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.
22And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- seventhshᵉbîyʻîyseventhH7637 →
- gatherʼâçaphto gather for any purposeH622 →
- yearshâneha yearH8141 →
- sayʼâmarto sayH559 →
- eatʼâkalto eatH398 →
- sowzâraʻto sowH2232 →
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— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-22