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20 And if you say, “What shall we eat in the seventh year, if we do not sow or reap our crop?”(A) 21 I will command such a blessing for you in the sixth year that there will be crop enough for three years, 22 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.(B)

Redemption of Property.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 25:23–55 This is a series of laws dealing mainly with situations of poverty in which one has to sell land, obtain a loan, or become indentured. Many of the laws are connected with the release of debts in the jubilee year.

20 You may ask, “What will we eat in the seventh year(A) if we do not plant or harvest our crops?” 21 I will send you such a blessing(B) in the sixth year that the land will yield enough for three years.(C) 22 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.(D)

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