Today's Favorite Verse: Leviticus 25:4-5,

Today's Favorite Verse: Leviticus 25:4-5,

"But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the Lord: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.

That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land.

This chapter speaks of the 50th year jubilee, and the sabbath year that Israel celebrated every seven years. In the sabbath year they could not sow nor gather from the land the entire year. The land had to rest. I could not help but think of food storage. There was more to this then just having a one year supply of food.

"And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:

Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.

And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store."

(Leviticus 25:20-22)

They needed to prepare three years of food in one year. The year they were eating, the year at rest, and a year until the next harvest came in. The Lord did promise to bless them in the sixth year to make that possible. I would think with grains they would have gathered a surplus in between these years too. This reminds me of what President Nelson said, to "never stop preparing!" It looks like self-reliance and preparedness has always been a counsel of the Lord.

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