Leviticus 25:21

Leviticus 25:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.
• New International Version (NIV)I will send you such a blessing in the sixth year that the land will yield enough for three years.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will command my blessing on you in the sixth year, so that it will produce a crop sufficient for three years.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then I will command My blessing on you in the sixth year, and it will bring forth produce enough for three years.

Context of Leviticus 25:21

19Then the land will yield its produce, so that you can eat your fill and live securely on it. 20But if you say, “What are we going to eat on the seventh year if we do not sow or gather in our crops?” then I will so order My blessing for you in the sixth year that it will bring forth the crop for three years. 22When you are sowing the eighth year, you can still eat old things from the crop, eating the old until the ninth year when its crop comes in. 23‘The land, moreover, shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are but aliens and sojourners with Me.

Leviticus 25:21 word by word

וְצִוִּ֤יתִי אֶת־בִּרְכָתִי֙ לָכֶ֔ם בַּשָּׁנָ֖ה הַשִּׁשִּׁ֑ית וְעָשָׂת֙ אֶת־הַתְּבוּאָ֔ה לִשְׁלֹ֖שׁ הַשָּׁנִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• I will so orderצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• My blessingבְּרָכָהberâkâh · blessingH1293
• for you in the sixthשִׁשִּׁיshishshîy · sixthH8345
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• that it will bringעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• the cropתְּבוּאָהtebû'âh · produceH8393
• for threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969

Cross-references for Leviticus 25:21

• Genesis 26:12Now Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. And the Lord blessed him,
• Genesis 41:47During the seven years of plenty the land brought forth abundantly.
• Exodus 16:29See, the Lord has given you the sabbath; therefore He gives you bread for two days on the sixth day. Remain every man in his place; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.”
• Deuteronomy 28:3“Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country.
• Psalms 133:3It is like the dew of Hermon Coming down upon the mountains of Zion; For there the Lord commanded the blessing--life forever.
• Proverbs 10:22It is the blessing of the Lord that makes rich, And He adds no sorrow to it.
• 2 Corinthians 9:10Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness;
• Leviticus 25:4but during the seventh year the land shall have a sabbath rest, a sabbath to the Lord; you shall not sow your field nor prune your vineyard.

Commentaries on Leviticus 25:21

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-22Verses 8-22 The word "jubilee" signifies a peculiarly animated sound of the silver trumpets. This sound was to be made on the evening of the great day of atonement; for the proclamation of gospel liberty and salvation results from the sacrifice of the Redeemer. It was provided that the lands should not be sold away from their families. They could only be disposed of, as it were, by leases till the year of jubilee, and then returned to the owner or his…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-55Just 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…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 21-2221-22. I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years, &c.--A provision was made, by the special interposition of God, to supply the deficiency of food which would otherwise have resulted from the suspension of all labor during the sabbatic year. The sixth year was to yield a miraculous supply for three continuous years. And the remark is applicable to the year of Jubilee as well as the sabbatic year…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 25:21

• Agriculture
• Blessing
• Jubilee

In the dictionaries

• Accord
• Compel
• Decay
• Fill
• Increase
• Redeem
• Redemption
• Rest
• Sabbath
• Agrarian Laws

Commentaries on Leviticus 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings