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Verse 1

And Jehovah{H3068} spake{H1696} unto Moses{H4872} in mount{H2022} Sinai,{H5514} saying,{H559}

Verse 2

Speak{H1696} unto the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} and say{H559} unto them, When ye come{H935} into the land{H776} which I give{H5414} you, then shall the land{H776} keep{H7673} a sabbath{H7676} unto Jehovah.{H3068}

Verse 3

Six{H8337} years{H8141} thou shalt sow{H2232} thy field,{H7704} and six{H8337} years{H8141} thou shalt prune{H2168} thy vineyard,{H3754} and gather{H622} in the fruits{H8393} thereof;

Verse 4

but in the seventh{H7637} year{H8141} shall be a sabbath{H7676} of solemn rest{H7677} for the land,{H776} a sabbath{H7676} unto Jehovah:{H3068} thou shalt neither sow{H2232} thy field,{H7704} nor prune{H2168} thy vineyard.{H3754}

Verse 5

That which groweth of itself{H5599} of thy harvest{H7105} thou shalt not reap,{H7114} and the grapes{H6025} of thy undressed{H5139} vine thou shalt not gather:{H1219} it shall be a year{H8141} of solemn rest{H7677} for the land.{H776}

Verse 6

And the sabbath{H7676} of the land{H776} shall be for food{H402} for you; for thee, and for thy servant{H5650} and for thy maid,{H519} and for thy hired servant{H7916} and for thy stranger,{H8453} who sojourn{H1481} with thee.

Verse 7

And for thy cattle,{H929} and for the beasts{H2416} that are in thy land,{H776} shall all the increase{H8393} thereof be for food.{H398}

Verse 8

And thou shalt number{H5608} seven{H7651} sabbaths{H7676} of years{H8141} unto thee, seven{H7651} times{H6471} seven{H7651} years;{H8141} and there shall be unto thee the days{H3117} of seven{H7651} sabbaths{H7676} of years,{H8141} even forty{H705} and nine{H8672} years.{H8141}

Verse 9

Then shalt thou send abroad{H5674} the loud{H8643} trumpet{H7782} on the tenth{H6218} day of the seventh{H7637} month;{H2320} in the day{H3117} of atonement{H3725} shall ye send abroad{H5674} the trumpet{H7782} throughout all your land.{H776}

Verse 10

And ye shall hallow{H6942} the fiftieth{H2572} year,{H8141} and proclaim{H7121} liberty{H1865} throughout the land{H776} unto all the inhabitants{H3427} thereof: it shall be a jubilee{H3104} unto you; and ye shall return{H7725} every man{H376} unto his possession,{H272} and ye shall return{H7725} every man{H376} unto his family.{H4940}

Verse 11

A jubilee{H3104} shall that fiftieth{H2572} year{H8141} be unto you: ye shall not sow,{H2232} neither reap{H7114} that which groweth{H5599} of itself in it, nor gather{H1219} [the grapes] in it of the undressed{H5139} vines.

Verse 12

For it is a jubilee;{H3104} it shall be holy{H6944} unto you: ye shall eat{H398} the increase{H8393} thereof out of the field.{H7704}

Verse 13

In this year{H8141} of jubilee{H3104} ye shall return{H7725} every man{H376} unto his possession.{H272}

Verse 14

And if thou sell{H4376} aught{H4465} unto thy neighbor,{H5997} or buy{H7069} of thy neighbor's{H5997} hand,{H3027} ye shall not wrong{H3238} one{H376} another.{H251}

Verse 15

According to the number{H4557} of years{H8141} after{H310} the jubilee{H3104} thou shalt buy{H7069} of thy neighbor,{H5997} [and] according unto the number{H4557} of years{H8141} of the crops{H8393} he shall sell{H4376} unto thee.

Verse 16

According{H6310} to the multitude{H7230} of the years{H8141} thou shalt increase{H7235} the price{H4736} thereof, and according{H6310} to the fewness{H4591} of the years{H8141} thou shalt diminish{H4591} the price{H4736} of it; for the number{H4557} of the crops{H8393} doth he sell{H4376} unto thee.

Verse 17

And ye shall not wrong{H3238} one{H376} another;{H5997} but thou shalt fear{H3372} thy God:{H430} for I am Jehovah{H3068} your God.{H430}

Verse 18

Wherefore ye shall do{H6213} my statutes,{H2708} and keep{H8104} mine ordinances{H4941} and do{H6213} them; and ye shall dwell{H3427} in the land{H776} in safety.{H983}

Verse 19

And the land{H776} shall yield{H5414} its fruit,{H6529} and ye shall eat{H398} your fill,{H7648} and dwell{H3427} therein in safety.{H983}

Verse 20

And if ye shall say,{H559} What shall we eat{H398} the seventh{H7637} year?{H8141} Behold, we shall not sow,{H2232} nor gather{H622} in our increase;{H8393}

Verse 21

then I will command{H6680} my blessing{H1293} upon you in the sixth{H8345} year,{H8141} and it shall bring forth{H6213} fruit{H8393} for the three{H7969} years.{H8141}

Verse 22

And ye shall sow{H2232} the eighth{H8066} year,{H8141} and eat{H398} of the fruits,{H8393} the old{H3465} store; until the ninth{H8671} year,{H8141} until its fruits{H8393} come in,{H935} ye shall eat{H398} the old{H3465} store.

Verse 23

And the land{H776} shall not be sold{H4376} in perpetuity;{H6783} for the land{H776} is mine: for ye are strangers{H1616} and sojourners{H1616} with me.

Verse 24

And in all the land{H776} of your possession{H272} ye shall grant{H5414} a redemption{H1353} for the land.{H776}

Verse 25

If thy brother{H251} be waxed poor,{H4134} and sell{H4376} some of his possession,{H272} then shall his kinsman{H7138} that is next unto him come,{H935} and shall redeem{H1350} that which his brother{H251} hath sold.{H4465}

Verse 26

And if a man{H376} have no one to redeem{H1350} it, and he{H3027} be waxed rich{H1767} and find sufficient to redeem{H4672} it;

Verse 27

then let him reckon{H2803} the years{H8141} of the sale{H4465} thereof, and restore{H7725} the overplus{H5736} unto the man{H376} to whom he sold{H4376} it; and he shall return{H7725} unto his possession.{H272}

Verse 28

But if he{H3027} be not able{H1767} to get{H4672} it back for himself, then that which he hath sold{H4465} shall remain in the hand{H3027} of him that hath bought{H7069} it until the year{H8141} of jubilee:{H3104} and in the jubilee{H3104} it shall go out,{H3318} and he shall return{H7725} unto his possession.{H272}

Verse 29

And if a man{H376} sell{H4376} a dwelling -{H4186} house{H1004} in a walled{H2346} city,{H5892} then he may redeem{H1353} it within a whole{H8552} year{H8141} after it is sold;{H4465} for a full year{H3117} shall he have the right of redemption.{H1353}

Verse 30

And if it be not redeemed{H1350} within the space{H4390} of a full{H8549} year,{H8141} then the house{H1004} that is in the walled{H2346} city{H5892} shall be made{H6965} sure in perpetuity{H6783} to him that bought{H7069} it, throughout his generations:{H1755} it shall not go out{H3318} in the jubilee.{H3104}

Verse 31

But the houses{H1004} of the villages{H2691} which have no wall{H2346} round about{H5439} them shall be reckoned{H2803} with the fields{H7704} of the country:{H776} they may be redeemed,{H1353} and they shall go out{H3318} in the jubilee.{H3104}

Verse 32

Nevertheless the cities{H5892} of the Levites,{H3881} the houses{H1004} of the cities{H5892} of their possession,{H272} may the Levites{H3881} redeem{H1353} at any time.{H5769}

Verse 33

And if one of the Levites{H3881} redeem,{H1350} then the house{H1004} that was sold,{H4465} and the city{H5892} of his possession,{H272} shall go out{H3318} in the jubilee;{H3104} for the houses{H1004} of the cities{H5892} of the Levites{H3881} are their possession{H272} among{H8432} the children{H1121} of Israel.{H3478}

Verse 34

But the field{H7704} of the suburbs{H4054} of their cities{H5892} may not be sold;{H4376} for it is their perpetual{H5769} possession.{H272}

Verse 35

And if thy brother{H251} be waxed poor,{H4134} and his hand fail{H4131} with thee;{H3027} then thou shalt uphold{H2388} him: [as] a stranger{H1616} and a sojourner{H1616} shall he live{H2416} with thee.

Verse 36

Take{H3947} thou no interest{H5392} of him or increase,{H8636} but fear{H3372} thy God;{H430} that thy brother{H251} may live{H2416} with thee.

Verse 37

Thou shalt not give{H5414} him thy money{H3701} upon interest,{H5392} nor give{H5414} him thy victuals{H400} for increase.{H4768}

Verse 38

I am Jehovah{H3068} your God,{H430} who brought you forth{H3318} out of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} to give{H5414} you the land{H776} of Canaan,{H3667} [and] to be your God.{H430}

Verse 39

And if thy brother{H251} be waxed poor{H4134} with thee, and sell{H4376} himself unto thee; thou shalt not make{H5647} him to serve{H5656} as a bond-servant.{H5650}

Verse 40

As a hired servant,{H7916} and as a sojourner,{H8453} he shall be with thee; he shall serve{H5647} with thee unto the year{H8141} of jubilee:{H3104}

Verse 41

then shall he go out{H3318} from thee, he and his children{H1121} with him, and shall return{H7725} unto his own family,{H4940} and unto the possession{H272} of his fathers{H1} shall he return.{H7725}

Verse 42

For they are my servants,{H5650} whom I brought forth{H3318} out of the land{H776} of Egypt:{H4714} they shall not be sold{H4376} as{H4466} bondmen.{H5650}

Verse 43

Thou shalt not rule{H7287} over him with rigor,{H6531} but shalt fear{H3372} thy God.{H430}

Verse 44

And as for thy bondmen,{H5650} and thy bondmaids,{H519} whom thou shalt have; of the nations{H1471} that are round about{H5439} you, of them shall ye buy{H7069} bondmen{H5650} and bondmaids.{H519}

Verse 45

Moreover of the children{H1121} of the strangers{H8453} that sojourn{H1481} among you, of them shall ye buy,{H7069} and of their families{H4940} that are with you, which they have begotten{H3205} in your land:{H776} and they shall be your possession.{H272}

Verse 46

And ye shall make them an inheritance{H5157} for your children{H1121} after{H310} you, to hold{H3423} for a possession;{H272} of them shall ye take your bondmen{H5647} for ever:{H5769} but over your brethren{H251} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} ye shall not rule,{H7287} one{H376} over another,{H251} with rigor.{H6531}

Verse 47

And if a stranger{H8453} or sojourner{H1616} with thee{H3027} be waxed rich,{H5381} and thy brother{H251} be waxed poor{H4134} beside him, and sell{H4376} himself unto the stranger{H1616} [or] sojourner{H8453} with thee, or to the stock{H6133} of the stranger's{H1616} family;{H4940}

Verse 48

after{H310} that he is sold{H4376} he may be{H1353} redeemed: one{H259} of his brethren{H251} may redeem{H1350} him;

Verse 49

or his uncle,{H1730} or his uncle's{H1730} son,{H1121} may redeem{H1350} him, or any that is nigh{H7607} of kin{H1320} unto him of his family{H4940} may redeem{H1350} him; or if he be waxed rich,{H5381} he may redeem{H1350} himself.{H3027}

Verse 50

And he shall reckon{H2803} with him that bought{H7069} him from the year{H8141} that he sold{H4376} himself to him unto the year{H8141} of jubilee:{H3104} and the price{H3701} of his sale{H4465} shall be according unto the number{H4557} of years;{H8141} according to the time{H3117} of a hired servant{H7916} shall he be with him.

Verse 51

If there be yet many{H7227} years,{H8141} according{H6310} unto them he shall give back{H7725} the price of his redemption{H1353} out of the money{H3701} that he was bought{H4736} for.

Verse 52

And if there remain{H7604} but few{H4592} years{H8141} unto the year{H8141} of jubilee,{H3104} then he shall reckon{H2803} with him; according{H6310} unto his years{H8141} shall he give back{H7725} the price of his redemption.{H1353}

Verse 53

As a servant{H7916} hired year{H8141} by year shall he be with him: he shall not rule{H7287} with rigor{H6531} over him in thy sight.{H5869}

Verse 54

And if he be not redeemed{H1350} by these [means], then he shall go out{H3318} in the year{H8141} of jubilee,{H3104} he, and his children{H1121} with him.

Verse 55

For unto me the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} are servants;{H5650} they are my servants{H5650} whom I brought forth{H3318} out of the land{H776} of Egypt:{H4714} I am Jehovah{H3068} your God.{H430}

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