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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/leviticus/25.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/leviticus/25.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />You may ask, &#8220What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not plant or harvest our crops?&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/25.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />But you might ask, ‘What will we eat during the seventh year, since we are not allowed to plant or harvest crops that year?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/25.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And if you say, ‘What shall we eat in the seventh year, if we may not sow or gather in our crop?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/25.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now you may wonder, ‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not sow or gather our produce?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/25.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/25.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />‘And if you say, “What shall we eat in the seventh year, since we shall not sow nor gather in our produce?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But if you say, “What are we going to eat in the seventh year if we do not sow nor gather in our produce?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/25.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216But if you say, &#8220What are we going to eat on the seventh year if we do not sow or gather in our crops?&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘But if you say, “What are we going to eat on the seventh year if we do not sow or gather in our crops?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But if you say, “What are we going to eat on the seventh year if we do not sow or gather in our produce?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And if you say, “What are we going to eat in the seventh year if we do not sow [seed] or gather in our crops?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If you wonder, ‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we don’t sow or gather our produce? ’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If you wonder: &#8216What will we eat in the seventh year if we don&#8217t sow or gather our produce?&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/25.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/25.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Don't ever worry about what you will eat during the seventh year when you are forbidden to plant or harvest. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/25.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You may ask, 'What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not plant or bring in our crops?'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/25.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But someone may ask what there will be to eat during the seventh year, when no fields are planted and no crops gathered. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/25.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Now if you ask, 'What will we eat during the seventh year? After all, we may not plant or even gather our produce!' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now you may wonder, ?What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not sow or gather our produce??<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/25.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />If you say, 'What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not sow and gather our produce?'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />If you said, "What shall we eat the seventh year? Look, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow nor gather in our increase:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/25.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />If you said, “What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And when you say, What do we eat in the seventh year, behold, do we not sow, nor gather our increase?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And when ye say, What do we eat in the seventh year, lo, we do not sow, nor gather our increase?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And when ye shall say, What shall we eat in the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow and we shall not gather our produce.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But if you say: What shall we eat the seventh year, if we sow not, nor gather our fruits? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But if you will say: What shall we eat in the seventh year, if we do not sow and do not gather our produce?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/25.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />And if you say, “What shall we eat in the seventh year, if we do not sow or reap our crop?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Should you ask, “What shall we eat in the seventh year, if we may not sow or gather in our crop?”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And if you shall say, What shall we eat in the seventh year? For we shall not sow, nor gather in the produce thereof;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And if you say, 'What will we eat in the seventh year when we do not sow and we do not gather its harvests?':<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And if ye shall say: 'What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we may not sow, nor gather in our increase';<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And if ye should say, What shall we eat in this seventh year, if we do not sow nor gather in our fruits?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/25-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=6784" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/25.htm">The Blessing of Obedience</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">19</span>Then the land will yield its fruit, so that you can eat your fill and dwell in safety in the land. <span class="reftext">20</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: wə·ḵî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">Now</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ṯō·mə·rū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">you may wonder,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: mah- (Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">‘What</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: nō·ḵal (V-Qal-Imperf-1cp) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">will we eat</a> <a href="/hebrew/7637.htm" title="7637: haš·šə·ḇî·‘iṯ (Art:: Number-ofs) -- Seventh (an ord. number). Or shbi iy; ordinal from shib'iym. seventh.">in the seventh</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: baš·šā·nāh (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">year</a> <a href="/hebrew/2005.htm" title="2005: hên (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! A primitive particle; lo!; also if.">if</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">we do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/2232.htm" title="2232: niz·rā‘ (V-Qal-Imperf-1cp) -- To sow, scatter seed. A primitive root; to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify.">sow</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles."></a> <a href="/hebrew/622.htm" title="622: ne·’ĕ·sōp̄ (V-Qal-Imperf-1cp) -- To gather, remove. A primitive root; to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. Remove.">or gather</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8393.htm" title="8393: tə·ḇū·’ā·ṯê·nū (N-fsc:: 1cp) -- Product, revenue. From bow'; income, i.e. Produce.">our produce?’</a> </span><span class="reftext">21</span>But I will send My blessing upon you in the sixth year, so that the land will yield a crop sufficient for three years.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/16-19.htm">Exodus 16:19-20</a></span><br />Then Moses said to them, “No one may keep any of it until morning.” / But they did not listen to Moses; some people left part of it until morning, and it became infested with maggots and began to smell. So Moses was angry with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-31.htm">Matthew 6:31-34</a></span><br />Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ / For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. / But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/8-3.htm">Deuteronomy 8:3</a></span><br />He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/4-4.htm">Matthew 4:4</a></span><br />But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-22.htm">Luke 12:22-31</a></span><br />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. / For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. / Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds! ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/23-10.htm">Exodus 23:10-11</a></span><br />For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce, / but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-8.htm">2 Corinthians 9:8-11</a></span><br />And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. / As it is written: “He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.” / Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/4-19.htm">Philippians 4:19</a></span><br />And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/37-25.htm">Psalm 37:25</a></span><br />I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/22-14.htm">Genesis 22:14</a></span><br />And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/4-42.htm">2 Kings 4:42-44</a></span><br />Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha. / But his servant asked, “How am I to set twenty loaves before a hundred men?” “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha, “for this is what the LORD says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’” / So he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/33-16.htm">Isaiah 33:16</a></span><br />he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-10.htm">Malachi 3:10</a></span><br />Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-11.htm">Matthew 6:11</a></span><br />Give us this day our daily bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/17-14.htm">1 Kings 17:14-16</a></span><br />for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’” / So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and there was food every day for Elijah and the woman and her household. / The jar of flour was not exhausted and the jug of oil did not run dry, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Elijah.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And if you shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/11-4.htm">Numbers 11:4,13</a></b></br> And the mixt multitude that <i>was</i> among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/6-15.htm">2 Kings 6:15-17</a></b></br> And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/7-2.htm">2 Kings 7:2</a></b></br> Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, <i>if</i> the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see <i>it</i> with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/25-3.htm">Crop</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-16.htm">Crops</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-19.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-19.htm">Food</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-11.htm">Gather</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-11.htm">Harvest</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-16.htm">Increase</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-23.htm">Plant</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-19.htm">Produce</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-11.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-9.htm">Seventh</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-11.htm">Sow</a> <a href="/exodus/13-14.htm">What</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/25-21.htm">Crop</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-4.htm">Crops</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-22.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-22.htm">Food</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-25.htm">Gather</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-22.htm">Harvest</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-21.htm">Increase</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-22.htm">Plant</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-21.htm">Produce</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-22.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/numbers/6-9.htm">Seventh</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-22.htm">Sow</a> <a href="/numbers/14-28.htm">What</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 25</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-1.htm">the Sabbath of the seventh year</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-8.htm">The jubilee in the fiftieth year</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-14.htm">Of oppression</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-18.htm">A blessing of obedience</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-23.htm">The redemption of land</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-29.htm">Of houses</a></span><br><span class="reftext">35. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-35.htm">Compassion to the poor</a></span><br><span class="reftext">39. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-39.htm">The usage of bondmen</a></span><br><span class="reftext">47. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-47.htm">The redemption of servants</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/25.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/leviticus/25.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Now you may wonder</b><br>This phrase introduces a common human concern about future provision. It reflects the natural tendency to worry about sustenance and survival, especially when faced with a command that seems to contradict practical experience. This concern is addressed by God, who anticipates the Israelites' questions and doubts, demonstrating His understanding of human nature.<p><b>‘What will we eat in the seventh year</b><br>The seventh year refers to the Sabbath year, a time when the Israelites were commanded to let the land rest and not sow or reap. This command is part of the larger Sabbatical cycle, which includes the weekly Sabbath and the Jubilee year. The Sabbath year is a test of faith, requiring trust in God's provision. Historically, this practice set Israel apart from surrounding nations, emphasizing reliance on God rather than human effort.<p><b>if we do not sow or gather our produce?’</b><br>Sowing and gathering are fundamental agricultural activities necessary for survival. The question highlights the tension between obedience to God's command and the practical need for food. This situation is reminiscent of the Israelites' experience in the wilderness, where they had to trust God for manna. It also foreshadows the New Testament teaching of seeking first the kingdom of God and trusting Him for provision (<a href="/matthew/6-31.htm">Matthew 6:31-33</a>). The Sabbath year serves as a type of Christ, who provides rest and sustenance for His people, inviting them to trust in His sufficiency.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The prophet and leader of the Israelites who received the laws from God, including the instructions in Leviticus.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people to whom the laws in Leviticus were given, living in the Promised Land.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/sabbath_year.htm">Sabbath Year</a></b><br>A year of rest for the land, occurring every seventh year, where the Israelites were commanded not to sow or reap.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, which God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The divine lawgiver who provided these instructions to ensure trust and reliance on His provision.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_provision.htm">Trust in God's Provision</a></b><br>The command to observe the Sabbath Year challenges believers to trust in God's provision, even when it seems counterintuitive.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_over_fear.htm">Faith Over Fear</a></b><br>The Israelites' question reflects a natural human concern, but God calls us to replace fear with faith in His promises.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_and_dependence.htm">Obedience and Dependence</a></b><br>Observing the Sabbath Year required obedience and a dependence on God, teaching us the importance of aligning our actions with His commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_rest.htm">Spiritual Rest</a></b><br>The Sabbath Year is a foreshadowing of the spiritual rest we find in Christ, encouraging us to cease striving and rest in His finished work.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_sharing.htm">Community and Sharing</a></b><br>The Sabbath Year also encouraged community reliance and sharing, as the land's produce was available to all, teaching us about generosity and communal support.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_25.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 25</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_unplanted_land_feed_for_3_years.htm">How is it scientifically plausible (Lev 25:20–22) that the land left unplanted still provides enough food for three years? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_don't_nearby_cultures_record_jubilees.htm">Why do other civilizations around Israel not record similar extended fallow periods or Jubilees, if this commandment (Lev 25) was practiced widely?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_shemitah_year.htm">What is the Shemitah year?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_year_of_jubilee_signify.htm">What does the Year of Jubilee signify?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/25.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(20) <span class= "bld">What shall we eat the seventh year ?</span>--The Lawgiver here anticipates an objection on the part of those who are called upon to abstain from cultivating the land in the sabbatical year, and who are overanxious about the provisions of their families.<p><span class= "bld">Behold, we shall not sow.</span>--That is, are forbidden to sow. (See <a href="/leviticus/25-4.htm" title="But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest to the land, a sabbath for the LORD: you shall neither sow your field, nor prune your vineyard.">Leviticus 25:4</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">Nor gather in our increase.</span>--That is, we are even prohibited to gather the spontaneous growths and store them up, and are commanded to leave "the increase" in the field. (See <a href="/leviticus/25-7.htm" title="And for your cattle, and for the beast that are in your land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.">Leviticus 25:7</a>.)<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/25-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Now</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you may wonder,</span><br /><span class="heb">תֹאמְר֔וּ</span> <span class="translit">(ṯō·mə·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">‘What</span><br /><span class="heb">מַה־</span> <span class="translit">(mah-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> </span><span class="str2">What?, what!, indefinitely what</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will we eat</span><br /><span class="heb">נֹּאכַ֤֖ל‪‬</span> <span class="translit">(nō·ḵal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the seventh</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשְּׁבִיעִ֑ת</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šə·ḇî·‘iṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Number - ordinal feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7637.htm">Strong's 7637: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seventh (an ordinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">year</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּשָּׁנָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(baš·šā·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year</span><br /><br /><span class="word">if</span><br /><span class="heb">הֵ֚ן</span> <span class="translit">(hên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2005.htm">Strong's 2005: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">we do not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sow</span><br /><span class="heb">נִזְרָ֔ע</span> <span class="translit">(niz·rā‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2232.htm">Strong's 2232: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sow, to disseminate, plant, fructify</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or gather</span><br /><span class="heb">נֶאֱסֹ֖ף</span> <span class="translit">(ne·’ĕ·sōp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_622.htm">Strong's 622: </a> </span><span class="str2">To gather for, any purpose, to receive, take away, remove</span><br /><br /><span class="word">our produce?’</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּבוּאָתֵֽנוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(tə·ḇū·’ā·ṯê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8393.htm">Strong's 8393: </a> </span><span class="str2">Product, revenue</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/25-20.htm">Leviticus 25:20 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/25-20.htm">Leviticus 25:20 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/25-20.htm">Leviticus 25:20 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/25-20.htm">Leviticus 25:20 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/25-20.htm">Leviticus 25:20 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/25-20.htm">Leviticus 25:20 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/25-20.htm">Leviticus 25:20 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/25-20.htm">Leviticus 25:20 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/25-20.htm">Leviticus 25:20 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/25-20.htm">Leviticus 25:20 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/25-20.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 25:20 If you said What shall we eat (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/25-19.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 25:19"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 25:19" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/25-21.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 25:21"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 25:21" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>