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Leviticus 25:20

25:19 And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:

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If you said, “What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase”;

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

And if you shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:

25:21 Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.

What does Leviticus 25:20 mean?

Leviticus 25:20 is a verse in the book of Leviticus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אָמַר (ʼâmar), אָכַל (ʼâkal), שְׁבִיעִי (shᵉbîyʻîy).

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And
if
ye
shall
say,אָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)
What
shall
we
eatאָכַלʼâkal/aw-kal'/H398to eat (literally or figuratively)
the
seventhשְׁבִיעִיshᵉbîyʻîy/sheb-ee-ee'/H7637seventh
year?שָׁנֶהshâneh/shaw-neh'/H8141a year (as a revolution of time)
behold,
we
shall
not
sow,זָרַעzâraʻ/zaw-rah'/H2232to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify
nor
gatherאָסַףʼâçaph/aw-saf'/H622to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
in
our
increase:תְּבוּאָהtᵉbûwʼâh/teb-oo-aw'/H8393income, i.e. produce (literally or figuratively)

Topics

Feast of Sabbatical Year, theJubileeSeed

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Leviticus 25:20.

Exodus 23:10

And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:

Leviticus 23:39

Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.

Leviticus 25:3

Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;

Deuteronomy 22:9

Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled. fruit of thy seed: Heb. fulness of the seed

Exodus 23:16

And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.

Genesis 26:12

Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him. received: Heb. found

Isaiah 30:23

Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.

Leviticus 25:11

A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed.

Frequently asked questions

What does Leviticus 25:20 say?

Leviticus 25:20 (King James Version) reads: "And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:"

Is Leviticus 25:20 in the Old or New Testament?

Leviticus 25:20 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Leviticus.

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