New American Standard Bible 1995

Leviticus 25:18-22

18‘You shall thus observeוַעֲשִׂיתֶם֙va.'a.si.TemH6213My statutesחֻקֹּתַ֔יchu.ko.TaiH2708and keepתִּשְׁמְר֖וּtish.me.RuH8104My judgmentsמִשְׁפָּטַ֥יmish.pa.TaiH4941,so as to carryוַעֲשִׂיתֶ֣םva.'a.si.TemH6213them out, thatyou may liveוִֽישַׁבְתֶּ֥םvi.shav.TemH3427securelyלָבֶֽטַח׃la.Ve.tachH983on the landהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776.

19Then the landהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ha.'A.retzH776will yieldוְנָתְנָ֤הve.nat.NahH5414its produceפִּרְיָ֔הּpir.YahH6529,so that you can eatוַאֲכַלְתֶּ֖םva.'a.khal.TemH398your fillלָשֹׂ֑בַעla.Soa'H7648and liveוִֽישַׁבְתֶּ֥םvi.shav.TemH3427securelyלָבֶ֖טַחla.Ve.tachH983on it.

20But ifוְכִ֣יve.KhiH3588you sayתֹאמְר֔וּto.me.RuH559, “Whatמַה־mah-H4100are we going to eatנֹּאכַ֤֖לno.KhalH398on the seventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֑תha.she.vi.'ItH7637yearבַּשָּׁנָ֣הba.sha.NahH8141ifהֵ֚ןhenH2005we do not sowנִזְרָ֔עniz.Ra'H2232or gatherנֶאֱסֹ֖ףne.'e.SofH622in our cropsתְּבוּאָתֵֽנוּ׃te.vu.'a.Te.nuH8393?”

21thenI will so orderוְצִוִּ֤יתִיve.tzi.Vi.tiH6680My blessingבִּרְכָתִי֙bir.kha.TiH1293for you in the sixthהַשִּׁשִּׁ֑יתha.shi.ShitH8345yearבַּשָּׁנָ֖הba.sha.NahH8141that it will bringH6213forthH6213the cropהַתְּבוּאָ֔הha.te.vu.'AhH8393for threeלִשְׁלֹ֖שׁlish.LoshH7969yearsהַשָּׁנִֽים׃ha.sha.NimH8141.

22When you are sowingוּזְרַעְתֶּ֗םu.ze.ra'.TemH2232the eighthהַשְּׁמִינִ֔תha.she.mi.NitH8066yearהַשָּׁנָ֣הha.sha.NahH8141,you can still eatוַאֲכַלְתֶּ֖םva.'a.khal.TemH398oldיָשָׁ֑ןya.ShanH3465thingsיָשָֽׁן׃ya.ShanH3465from the cropהַתְּבוּאָ֣הha.te.vu.'AhH8393,eatingתֹּאכְל֖וּto.khe.LuH398the olduntilעַ֣ד׀'adH5704the ninthהַתְּשִׁיעִ֗תha.te.shi.'ItH8671yearהַשָּׁנָ֣הha.sha.NahH8141whenעַד־'ad-H5704its cropתְּב֣וּאָתָ֔הּte.Vu.'a.TahH8393comesבּוֹא֙bO'H935in.

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