But I will send My blessing upon you in the sixth year, so that the land will yield a crop sufficient for three years.
Parallel translations
- WEB then I will command my blessing on you in the sixth year, and it shall bear fruit for the three years.
- KJV Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.
- NKJV Then I will command My blessing on you in the sixth year, and it will bring forth produce enough for three years.
- NASB then I will so order My blessing for you in the sixth year that it will bring forth the produce for three years.
- NLT Be assured that I will send my blessing for you in the sixth year, so the land will produce a crop large enough for three years.
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Quick answer
God promised to send such a blessing in the sixth year that it would yield enough for three years. His provision would more than cover the rest year.
Overview
The LORD pledged an overflowing harvest in the sixth year to sustain Israel through the Sabbath year and beyond. This miraculous provision rewarded faith and removed every excuse for disobedience born of fear. It vividly displays God as the faithful provider who gives more than enough to those who trust him.
Cross-references & the web
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- Deut 28:8The 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.
- Prov 10:22The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.
- 2 Cor 9:10Now 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.
- Ps 133:3It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.
- Deut 28:3You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
- Gen 26:12Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,
- Gen 41:47During the seven years of abundance, the land brought forth bountifully.
- Exod 16:29Understand 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.”
- Lev 25:4But 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.
- Lev 25:8–11And you shall count off seven Sabbaths of years—seven times seven years—so that the seven Sabbaths of years amount to forty-nine years.
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