"Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years." — Leviticus 25:21

Leviticus 25:21 · KJV

“Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.”

— Leviticus 25:21

And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:

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}.

Leviticus 25 — Context

And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.

And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:

Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.

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}.

The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land {is} mine; for ye {are} strangers and sojourners with me. {for ever: or, to be quite cut off: Heb. for cutting off}

Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:8

The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. {storehouses: or, barns}

Proverbs 10:22

The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

2 Corinthians 9:10

Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for {your} food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)

Psalms 133:3

As the dew of Hermon, {and as the dew} that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, {even} life for evermore.

Deuteronomy 28:3

Blessed {shalt} thou {be} in the city, and blessed {shalt} thou {be} in the field.

Genesis 26:12

Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him. {received: Heb. found}

Genesis 41:47

And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.

Exodus 16:29

See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.