And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store.
You will plant crops in the eighth year and continue eating from the food you stored from previous years until the ninth year. You'll keep eating from your old stored food until the new harvest comes in.
God is promising that the abundant harvest from the sixth year will provide enough food to last through the sabbatical year and beyond, until the next harvest comes in.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of God's instructions about the sabbatical year system, where every seventh year the Israelites were to let their land rest and not plant crops. God promised that the harvest in the sixth year would be so abundant it would sustain them through the seventh year of rest and into the eighth year until the new crops were ready.
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