18 (A)“Therefore you shall do my statutes and keep my rules and perform them, and then (B)you will dwell in the land securely. 19 (C)The land will yield its fruit, and (D)you will eat your fill (E)and dwell in it securely. 20 And if you say, (F)‘What shall we eat in the seventh year, if (G)we may not sow or gather in our crop?’ 21 I will (H)command my blessing on you in the sixth year, so that it will produce a crop sufficient for three years. 22 (I)When you sow in the eighth year, you will be eating some of (J)the old crop; you shall eat the old until the ninth year, when its crop arrives.

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18 “‘Follow my decrees and be careful to obey my laws,(A) and you will live safely in the land.(B) 19 Then the land will yield its fruit,(C) and you will eat your fill and live there in safety.(D) 20 You may ask, “What will we eat in the seventh year(E) if we do not plant or harvest our crops?” 21 I will send you such a blessing(F) in the sixth year that the land will yield enough for three years.(G) 22 While you plant during the eighth year, you will eat from the old crop and will continue to eat from it until the harvest of the ninth year comes in.(H)

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