Leviticus 25:22
New International Version
While you plant during the eighth year, you will eat from the old crop and will continue to eat from it until the harvest of the ninth year comes in.

New Living Translation
When you plant your fields in the eighth year, you will still be eating from the large crop of the sixth year. In fact, you will still be eating from that large crop when the new crop is harvested in the ninth year.

English Standard Version
When you sow in the eighth year, you will be eating some of the old crop; you shall eat the old until the ninth year, when its crop arrives.

Berean Standard Bible
While you are sowing in the eighth year, you will be eating from the previous harvest, until the ninth year’s harvest comes in.

King James Bible
And 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.

New King James Version
And you shall sow in the eighth year, and eat old produce until the ninth year; until its produce comes in, you shall eat of the old harvest.

New American Standard Bible
When you are sowing the eighth year, you can still eat old things from the produce, eating the old until the ninth year when its produce comes in.

NASB 1995
When you are sowing the eighth year, you can still eat old things from the crop, eating the old until the ninth year when its crop comes in.

NASB 1977
‘When you are sowing the eighth year, you can still eat old things from the crop, eating the old until the ninth year when its crop comes in.

Legacy Standard Bible
So you shall sow the eighth year and eat old things from that produce, eating the old until the ninth year when its produce comes in.

Amplified Bible
When you are sowing the eighth year, you can still eat old things from the crops, eating the old until the ninth year when its crop comes in.

Christian Standard Bible
When you sow in the eighth year, you will be eating from the previous harvest. You will be eating this until the ninth year when its harvest comes in.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When you sow in the eighth year, you will be eating from the previous harvest. You will be eating this until the ninth year when its harvest comes in.”

American Standard Version
And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits, the old store; until the ninth year, until its fruits come in, ye shall eat the old store.

Contemporary English Version
In the eighth year you will live on what you harvested in the sixth year, but in the ninth year you will eat what you plant and harvest in the eighth year.

English Revised Version
And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits, the old store; until the ninth year, until her fruits come in, ye shall eat the old store.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You will plant [again] in the eighth year but live on what the land already produced. You will eat it, even in the ninth year, until the land produces more.

Good News Translation
When you plant your fields in the eighth year, you will still be eating what you harvested during the sixth year, and you will have enough to eat until the crops you plant that year are harvested.

International Standard Version
That way, you are to sow in the eighth year, eating the produce from the old harvest. Until the ninth year when its produce comes in, you'll eat from the old harvest."

Majority Standard Bible
While you are sowing in the eighth year, you will be eating from the previous harvest, until the ninth year?s harvest comes in.

NET Bible
and you may sow the eighth year and eat from that sixth year's produce--old produce. Until you bring in the ninth year's produce, you may eat old produce.

New Heart English Bible
You shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits, the old store; until the ninth year, until its fruits come in, you shall eat the old store.

Webster's Bible Translation
And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat of old fruit until the ninth year; until its fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store.

World English Bible
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.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and you have sown [in] the eighth year, and have eaten of the old increase; you eat the old until the ninth year, until the coming in of its increase.

Young's Literal Translation
and ye have sown the eighth year, and have eaten of the old increase; until the ninth year, until the coming in of its increase, ye do eat the old.

Smith's Literal Translation
And ye sowed the eighth year, and ate from the old produce till the ninth year; till its produce came in ye shall eat the old.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the eighth year you shall sow, and shall eat of the old fruits, until the ninth year: till new grow up, you shall eat the old store.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And in the eighth year you shall sow, but you shall eat from the old produce, until the ninth year, until what is new matures, you shall eat what is old.

New American Bible
and when you sow in the eighth year, you will still be eating from the old crop; even into the ninth year, until the crop comes in, you will still be eating from the old crop.

New Revised Standard Version
When you sow in the eighth year, you will be eating from the old crop; until the ninth year, when its produce comes in, you shall eat the old.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And you shall sow in the eighth year, and eat yet of old produce until the ninth year; until the new produce comes in, you shall eat of the old produce.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And you shall sow in the eighth year and you shall eat of old crops until the ninth year; until the crop comes in, be eating the old.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the produce, the old store; until the ninth year, until her produce come in, ye shall eat the old store.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And ye shall sow in the eighth year, and eat old fruits till the ninth year: until its fruit come, ye shall eat old fruits of the old.

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Context
The Blessing of Obedience
21But I will send My blessing upon you in the sixth year, so that the land will yield a crop sufficient for three years. 22While you are sowing in the eighth year, you will be eating from the previous harvest, until the ninth year’s harvest comes in.

Cross References
Exodus 23:10-11
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.

Deuteronomy 15:1-2
At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts. / This is the manner of remission: Every creditor shall cancel what he has loaned to his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the LORD’s time of release has been proclaimed.

Deuteronomy 31:10-12
Then Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of remission of debt, during the Feast of Tabernacles, / when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel. / Assemble the people—men, women, children, and the foreigners within your gates—so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and to follow carefully all the words of this law.

2 Chronicles 36:21
So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah.

Isaiah 37:30
And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

Jeremiah 34:14
Every seventh year, each of you must free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself to you. He may serve you six years, but then you must let him go free. But your fathers did not listen or incline their ear.

Ezekiel 46:17
But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it will belong to that servant until the year of freedom; then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs only to his sons; it shall be theirs.

Nehemiah 10:31
When the people of the land bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on a Sabbath or holy day. Every seventh year we will let the fields lie fallow and will cancel every debt.

Genesis 8:22
As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”

Genesis 41:47-49
During the seven years of abundance, the land brought forth bountifully. / During those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it. / So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.

Matthew 6:25-34
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 than clothes? / Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? / Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? ...

Luke 12:22-31
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! ...

Matthew 13:23
But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.”

Mark 4:8
Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprouted, grew up, and produced a crop—one bearing thirtyfold, another sixtyfold, and another a hundredfold.”

Luke 8:15
But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.


Treasury of Scripture

And you shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in you shall eat of the old store.

eighth

2 Kings 19:29
And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.

Isaiah 37:30
And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.

old fruit

Joshua 5:11,12
And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day…

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Leviticus 25
1. the Sabbath of the seventh year
8. The jubilee in the fiftieth year
14. Of oppression
18. A blessing of obedience
23. The redemption of land
29. Of houses
35. Compassion to the poor
39. The usage of bondmen
47. The redemption of servants














While you are sowing
This phrase indicates a period of active agricultural work, specifically the act of planting seeds. In the Hebrew context, sowing is a significant act of faith and obedience, as it involves trusting God for the growth and provision of crops. The Hebrew root for sowing, "zara," implies scattering seed, which is an act of hope and expectation for future growth. This reflects the broader biblical principle of sowing and reaping, where one's actions and faithfulness lead to future blessings.

in the eighth year
The eighth year follows the sabbatical year, or "Shemitah," a year of rest for the land as commanded in Leviticus 25:4. The number eight in biblical numerology often signifies new beginnings and renewal. After a year of rest, the land is ready to be cultivated again, symbolizing a fresh start and God's provision for His people. This cycle of rest and renewal underscores the importance of trusting in God's timing and provision.

you will be eating
This phrase emphasizes God's promise of provision. Despite the land lying fallow during the sabbatical year, God assures His people that they will have enough to eat. The Hebrew word for eating, "akal," not only refers to physical sustenance but also implies satisfaction and enjoyment. This reflects the biblical theme that God provides abundantly for those who trust in Him.

from the previous harvest
The mention of the "previous harvest" highlights God's miraculous provision. The Israelites are reminded that the bounty from the sixth year will sustain them through the seventh and into the eighth year. This is a testament to God's faithfulness and the supernatural nature of His provision, as the land produces enough in one year to last for three. It serves as a reminder of the manna in the wilderness, where God provided daily sustenance for His people.

You will be eating until the ninth year
This phrase extends the promise of provision even further, ensuring that the people will have enough to eat until the new harvest is ready. The continuity of God's provision is emphasized, reinforcing the idea that reliance on God leads to security and abundance. The ninth year represents the completion of a cycle and the beginning of another, symbolizing God's unending faithfulness.

when its harvest comes in
The arrival of the new harvest signifies the fulfillment of God's promise and the reward for the people's faith and obedience. The Hebrew word for harvest, "qatsir," denotes the gathering of crops and is often associated with joy and celebration. This culmination of the agricultural cycle serves as a metaphor for spiritual harvest, where faithfulness and patience yield blessings and spiritual growth. The harvest is a time of rejoicing and gratitude, acknowledging God's provision and care.

(22) And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit.--Better, And when ye shall sow in the eighth year, ye shall yet eat of the old produce, that is, when at the termination of the sabbatical year the Israelites resume the cultivation of the soil in the eighth year, the abundant crop of the sixth year--the year preceding the sabbatical year--will not only suffice for this year, but will reach till that part of the ninth year when the crops sown in the eighth are ripe and gathered in. Accordingly, the sixth year's harvest will suffice till the Feast of Tabernacles, or till Tishri 1 of the ninth year.

Until her fruits come in.--Better, until its produce come in, that is, the produce of the eighth year which was gathered in the ninth. Leviticus 25:20, therefore, which states the anticipated question, and Leviticus 25:21-22, which contain the reply, ought properly to follow immediately after Leviticus 25:7, since they meet the difficulty arising from the rest of the land during the sabbatical year. The redactor of Leviticus may, however, have inserted Leviticus 25:20-22 here because the difficulty raised in them, and the reply given to the anticipated question, apply equally to the jubile year. The special Divine interposition which is here promised to meet the requirements of one year's cessation from cultivating the land will, as a matter of course, be all the more readily vouchsafed when the Israelites will have to exercise greater obedience and faith in the jubile, and abstain two successive years from tilling the ground.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
While you are sowing
וּזְרַעְתֶּ֗ם (ū·zə·ra‘·tem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 2232: To sow, to disseminate, plant, fructify

in the eighth
הַשְּׁמִינִ֔ת (haš·šə·mî·niṯ)
Article | Number - ordinal feminine singular
Strong's 8066: Eighth (an ordinal number)

year,
הַשָּׁנָ֣ה (haš·šā·nāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8141: A year

you will be eating
וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֖ם (wa·’ă·ḵal·tem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 398: To eat

from
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

the previous
יָשָׁ֑ן (yā·šān)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 3465: Old

harvest
הַתְּבוּאָ֣ה (hat·tə·ḇū·’āh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8393: Product, revenue

until
עַ֣ד ׀ (‘aḏ)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

the ninth
הַתְּשִׁיעִ֗ת (hat·tə·šî·‘iṯ)
Article | Number - ordinal feminine singular
Strong's 8671: Ninth (an ordinal number)

year,
הַשָּׁנָ֣ה (haš·šā·nāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8141: A year

when
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

its harvest
תְּב֣וּאָתָ֔הּ (tə·ḇū·’ā·ṯāh)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 8393: Product, revenue

comes in.
בּוֹא֙ (bō·w)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go


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