Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.

General references

Bible References

A sign

2 Kings 19:21
This is the word that the Lord has spoken against him:
‘She has despised you and mocked you,
The virgin daughter of Zion;
She has shaken her head behind you,
The daughter of Jerusalem!
2 Kings 20:8
Now Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the Lord the third day?”
Exodus 3:12
And He said, “Certainly I will be with you, and this shall be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall worship God at this mountain.”
1 Samuel 2:34
This will be the sign to you which will come concerning your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: on the same day both of them will die.
Isaiah 7:11
“Ask a sign for yourself from the Lord your God; make it deep as Sheol or high as heaven.”
Luke 2:12
This will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

Ye shall eat

Leviticus 25:4
but during the seventh year the land shall have a sabbath rest, a sabbath to the Lord; you shall not sow your field nor prune your vineyard.
Isaiah 37:30
“Then this shall be the sign for you: you will eat this year what grows of itself, in the second year what springs from the same, and in the third year sow, reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

General references

Leviticus 26:10
You will eat the old supply and clear out the old because of the new.