Leviticus 25:20

20 "'But you might ask, "If we don't plant seeds or gather crops, what will we eat the seventh year?"

Leviticus 25:20 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 25:20

And ye shall say, what shall ye eat the seventh year?
&c.] Such as are of little faith, disbelieve the promise, and distrust the providence of God, and take thought for tomorrow, and indulge an anxiety of mind how they shall be provided with food in the sabbatical year ordered to be observed, in which there were to be no tillage of land, nor pruning of trees: behold, we shall not sow;
that being forbidden: nor gather in our increase;
neither the barley, nor the wheat, nor the grapes, nor olives, nor figs, into their houses and barns, to lay up for stores, as in other years; though they might go out and gather in for present use in common with others: now if any should put the above question, as it was very likely some would, in such a view of things, the answer to it follows.

Leviticus 25:20 In-Context

18 "'Remember my laws and rules, and obey them so that you will live safely in the land.

19 The land will give good crops to you, and you will eat as much as you want and live safely in the land.

20 "'But you might ask, "If we don't plant seeds or gather crops, what will we eat the seventh year?"

21 I will send you such a great blessing during the sixth year that the land will produce enough crops for three years.

22 When you plant in the eighth year, you will still be eating from the old crop; you will eat the old crop until the harvest of the ninth year.