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Leviticus 25:20
If you said, “What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;”
Leviticus 25:20 · World English Bible
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Leviticus 25:20 in other translations
And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:
Now you may wonder, ‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not sow or gather our produce?’
If you said, "What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;"
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In context
17 You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.
18 “‘Therefore you shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances and do them; and you shall dwell in the land in safety.
19 The land shall yield its fruit, and you shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
20 If you said, “What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;”
21 then I will command my blessing on you in the sixth year, and it shall bear fruit for the three years.
22 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.
23 “‘The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; for you are strangers and live as foreigners with me.
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