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.

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Bible References

A sign

2 Kings 19:21
This is the word that Jehovah has spoken against him: The virgin-daughter of Zion despiseth thee, laugheth thee to scorn; The daughter of Jerusalem shaketh her head at thee.
2 Kings 20:8
And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What shall be the sign that Jehovah will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of Jehovah the third day?
Exodus 3:12
And he said, For I will be with thee; and this shall be the sign to thee that I have sent thee: when thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
1 Samuel 2:34
And this shall be the sign to thee, which shall come upon thy two sons, upon Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die, both of them.
Isaiah 7:11
Ask for thee a sign from Jehovah thy God; ask for it in the deep, or in the height above.
Luke 2:12
And this is the sign to you: ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling-clothes, and lying in a manger.

Ye shall eat

Leviticus 25:4
but in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest for the land, a sabbath to Jehovah. Thy field shalt thou not sow, and thy vineyard shalt thou not prune.
Isaiah 37:30
And this shall be the sign unto thee: there shall be eaten this year such as groweth of itself; and in the second year that which springeth of the same; but in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards and eat the fruit thereof.

General references

Leviticus 26:10
And ye shall eat old store, and clear away the old because of the new.