Leviticus 25 – How did the people eat during the Sabbatical year? 2022

Lev 25:5
'Your harvest's aftergrowth you shall not reap, and your grapes of untrimmed vines you shall not gather; the land shall have a sabbatical year.

Lev 25:6
'And all of you shall have the sabbath products of the land for food; yourself, and your male and female slaves, and your hired man and your foreign resident, those who live as aliens with you.

Lev 25:7
'Even your cattle and the animals that are in your land shall have all its crops to eat.

How did the people eat during the Sabbatical year? This passage tells us. The land was so fertile that it would produce crop on it's own during the seventh year. Enough food grew naturally to feed the people, their servants, the strangers, and the livestock. There was plenty to eat, but they were not to harvest it for market and profit.