Leviticus 25:20

20 " 'Suppose you say, "In the seventh year we will not plant anything or gather our crops. So what will we eat?"

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 " 'Follow my rules. Be careful to obey my laws. Then you will live safely in the land.

19 The land will produce its fruit. You will eat as much as you want. And you will live there in safety.

20 " 'Suppose you say, "In the seventh year we will not plant anything or gather our crops. So what will we eat?"

21 I will send you a great blessing in the sixth year. The land will produce enough for three years.

22 While you plant during the eighth year, you will eat food from the old crop. You will continue to eat food from it until the crops from the ninth year are gathered.