Bible Strands
Leviticus 25:21
But I will send My blessing upon you in the sixth year, so that the land will yield a crop sufficient for three years.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses the Israelites regarding the Sabbatical year cycle, responding directly to their question about food supply during the seventh year of rest. He speaks at the moment they express practical concern over how they will eat if they do not sow or gather produce.
The words — בִּרְכָתִי (bir.kha.T/i) literally means "my blessing," and עָשָׂת (a.Sat) translates to "it will make" or "yield." The text explicitly states that God will command this blessing upon the sixth year so the land will produce enough for three years.
The thread — The pattern of God providing sufficient harvest for obedient farmers appears in Deuteronomy 28:8, where He decrees blessing on barns and the work of hands. The same provision motif runs through Proverbs 10:22, which notes the Lord's blessing enriches without sorrow, and 2 Corinthians 9:10, which describes God supplying and multiplying seed for the sower.
Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to accept that agricultural obedience will be met with supernatural supply rather than human planning. It demands practical trust in God's timing, as the text explicitly promises three years' worth of produce before the seventh year even begins.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 28:8 The LORD will decree a blessing on your barns and on everything to which you put your hand; the LORD your God will bless you in the land He is giving you.
- Proverbs 10:22 The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.
- 2 Corinthians 9:10 Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.
- Psalms 133:3 It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.
- Genesis 26:12 Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,
- Genesis 41:47 During the seven years of abundance, the land brought forth bountifully.
- Deuteronomy 28:3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
- Exodus 16:29 Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He will give you bread for two days. On the seventh day, everyone must stay where he is; no one may leave his place.”
- Leviticus 25:4 But in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land—a Sabbath to the LORD. You are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard.
- Leviticus 25:8 And you shall count off seven Sabbaths of years—seven times seven years—so that the seven Sabbaths of years amount to forty-nine years.