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Leviticus 26:10

And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.

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וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֥םvaakhaltemand eatאָכַלconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and eat”, a completed action in a sequenceH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.יָשָׁ֖ןyashanoldיָשָׁןadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “old”, the ordinary formH3465oldold.נוֹשָׁ֑ןnoshanoldיָשֵׁןverb, niphal, passive participle, absolute — “old”, a verb used as a describing wordH3462properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterateold (store), remain long, (make to) sleep.וְיָשָׁ֕ןveyashanand oldיָשָׁןconjunction, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “and old”, the ordinary formH3465oldold.מִפְּנֵ֥יmipnefrom a- foreפָּנִיםpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “from a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…חָדָ֖שׁchadashnew thingחָדָשׁadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “new thing”, the ordinary formH2319newfresh, new thing.תּוֹצִֽיאוּtotsivbring forthיָצָאverb, hiphil, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “bring forth”, an unfinished actionH3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.[idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And ye shall eat old store long kept, and ye shall bring forth the old from before the new.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And ye shall eat old store long kept, and ye shall bring forth the old because of the new.

Young’s Literal Translation

and ye have eaten old [store], and the old because of the new ye bring out.

World English Bible

You shall eat old supplies long kept, and you shall move out the old because of the new.

Darby Translation

And ye shall eat old store, and clear away the old because of the new.

Douay-Rheims

You shall eat the oldest of the old store, and, new coming on, you shall cast away the old.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And ye shall eat old store long kept, and ye shall bring forth the old from before the new.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And ye shall eat that which is old and very old, and bring forth the old to make way for the new.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ φάγεσθε παλαιὰ καὶ παλαιὰ παλαιῶν, καὶ παλαιὰ ἐκ προσώπου νέων ἐξοίσετε.