Leviticus 25:20
in Leviticus 25Now you may wonder, ‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not sow or gather our produce?’
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;
KJV
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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This verse in Leviticus 25
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
What will we eat in the seventh year
on Leviticus 25:20-22
The text puts the farmer's objection in his own words, "What will we eat in the seventh year", and answers it. A sixth-year blessing yields a crop for three years, so obedience in the seventh rests on a harvest in hand.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And ye shall say, what shall ye eat the seventh year?....
That every fiftieth year should be a year of jubilee, that is, 1. A year of release of debts and mortgages, and return to the possession of their alienated lands,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
What shall we eat the seventh year? - A very natural question, which could only be laid at rest by the sovereign promise in the next verse: I will Command my Blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for Three Years. See on Lev 25:2 (note).
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְכִ֣י | vekhi | and if | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| תֹאמְר֔וּ | tomeru | you will say | H559 → | 5305 times |
| מַה־ | mah- | what? | H4100 → | |
| נֹּאכַ֤֖ל | nokhal | will we eat | H398 → | 810 times |
| בַּשָּׁנָ֣ה | bashanah | in the year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| הַשְּׁבִיעִ֑ת | hasheviit | <the> seventh | H7637 → | 98 times |
| הֵ֚ן | hen | here! | H2005 → | 316 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| נִזְרָ֔ע | nizra' | we will sow | H2232 → | 56 times |
| וְלֹ֥א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| נֶאֱסֹ֖ף | neesof | we will gather | H622 → | 200 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| תְּבוּאָתֵֽנוּ׃ | tevuatenu | produce our | H8393 → | 42 times |
וְכִ֣יand if
vekhiH3588 →4482 times
תֹאמְר֔וּyou will say
tomeruH559 →5305 times
מַה־what?
mah-H4100 →
נֹּאכַ֤֖לwill we eat
nokhalH398 →810 times
בַּשָּׁנָ֣הin the year
bashanahH8141 →877 times
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֑ת<the> seventh
hasheviitH7637 →98 times
הֵ֚ןhere!
henH2005 →316 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
נִזְרָ֔עwe will sow
nizra'H2232 →56 times
וְלֹ֥אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
נֶאֱסֹ֖ףwe will gather
neesofH622 →200 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
תְּבוּאָתֵֽנוּ׃produce our
tevuatenuH8393 →42 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Philippians 4:6Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
it leads to
- Proverbs 3:5–6
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
- 1 Peter 5:7
Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.
- Matthew 6:25–33
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more…
- Psalms 55:22
Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:17–18
Pray without ceasing.
- Proverbs 3:5–6
Through
Luke 12:29And do not be concerned about what you will eat or drink. Do not worry about it.
it leads to
- Matthew 6:31
Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
- Luke 12:22
Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.
- Luke 22:35
Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you out without purse or bag or sandals, did you lack anything?” “Nothing,” they answered.
- Matthew 6:31
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.