Bible Strands
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses Israel through Moses, promising covenant multiplication immediately before declaring His dwelling presence among them.
The words — The Hebrew verbs וַאֲכַלְתֶּם (va'achaltem, "you will eat") and תּוֹצִיאוּ (totsi'u, "you will bring out") frame the tension between יָשָׁן (yashan, "old harvest") and חָדָשׁ (chadash, "new harvest").
The thread — The overlap of stored and fresh grain mirrors the sabbatical provision in Leviticus 25:22 and parallels the self-sown crop sign in 2 Kings 19:29.
Why it lands — The text requires practical management of existing provisions while anticipating future supply, instructing readers to clear storage without abandoning present use.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.
Cross-references
- Leviticus 25:22 While you are sowing in the eighth year, you will be eating from the previous harvest, until the ninth year’s harvest comes in.
- 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.
- Luke 12:17 So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’
- Joshua 5:11 The day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate unleavened bread and roasted grain from the produce of the land.