Leviticus 25:22

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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.

Literal

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

Latin

…seretisque anno octavo, et comedetis veteres fruges usque ad nonum annum: donec nova nascantur, edetis vetera.

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English

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

Notes

Leviticus 25:1–55

Just as seven days made a week ending in a Sabbath day, every seven years ended with a Sabbath year. After seven Sabbath years, or 49 years, came a special year called the Year of Jubilee. Like so many holy days, these times were meant for reflecting on Israel's shared identity and their relationship with God.

Every Israelite, both free and servant, had a place in God’s kingdom. So, those bound in servitude were set free during the Year of Jubilee (Leviticus 25:39–43). To reduce poverty and protect families, land sales were limited to fifty years. After that, the land returned to the original owner's family or clan.

The land belonged to God, and the Israelites were only "residents" (25:23). But it is unlikely that they actually used these laws. The best land ended up belonging to wealthy landowners (Isaiah 5:8–10; compare Amos 5:11).

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2 Kings 19:29
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.
Leviticus 26:10
You will still be eating the old supply of grain when you need to clear it out to make room for the new.
Joshua 5:11–12
The day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate unleavened bread and roasted grain from the produce of the land.
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.

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