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. The provision extends through the transition period: the eighth year's planting is sustained by the sixth year's abundance until the ninth year's harvest produces new food. The three-year provision covers the sabbatical year (year 7), the planting year (year 8), and the first harvest year (year 9). The covenant community that trusts the sabbatical command receives the provision that makes the trust possible.

COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS

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