Leviticus 25

1 And the Lord said to Moses on Mount Sinai,

And the LORD spoke unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying:

2 Say to the children of Israel, When you come into the land which I will give you, let the land keep a Sabbath to the Lord.

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD.

3 For six years put seed into your land, and for six years give care to your vines and get in the produce of them;

Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the produce thereof.

4 But let the seventh year be a Sabbath of rest for the land, a Sabbath to the Lord; do not put seed into your land or have your vines cut.

But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath unto the LORD; thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.

5 That which comes to growth of itself may not be cut, and the grapes of your uncared-for vines may not be taken off; let it be a year of rest for the land.

That which groweth of itself of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, and the grapes of thy undressed vine thou shalt not gather; it shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.

6 And the Sabbath of the land will give food for you and your man-servant and your woman-servant and those working for payment, and for those of another country who are living among you;

And the sabbath-produce of the land shall be for food for you: for thee, and for thy servant and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant and for the settler by thy side that sojourn with thee;

7 And for your cattle and the beasts on the land; all the natural increase of the land will be for food.

and for thy cattle, and for the beasts that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be for food.

8 And let seven Sabbaths of years be numbered to you, seven times seven years; even the days of seven Sabbaths of years, that is forty-nine years;

And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and there shall be unto thee the days of seven sabbaths of years, even forty and nine years.

9 Then let the loud horn be sounded far and wide on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the day of taking away sin let the horn be sounded through all your land.

Then shalt thou make proclamation with the blast of the horn on the tenth day of the seventh month; in the day of atonement shall ye make proclamation with the horn throughout all your land.

10 And let this fiftieth year be kept holy, and say publicly that everyone in the land is free from debt: it is the Jubilee, and every man may go back to his heritage and to his family.

And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof; it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.

11 Let this fiftieth year be the Jubilee: no seed may be planted, and that which comes to growth of itself may not be cut, and the grapes may not be taken from the uncared-for vines.

A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you; ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of the undressed vines.

12 For it is the Jubilee, and it is holy to you; your food will be the natural increase of the field.

For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy unto you; ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.

13 In this year of Jubilee, let every man go back to his heritage.

In this year of jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession.

14 And in the business of trading goods for money, do no wrong to one another.

And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbour, or buy of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not wrong one another.

15 Let your exchange of goods with your neighbours have relation to the number of years after the year of Jubilee, and the number of times the earth has given her produce.

According to the number of years after the jubilee thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the crops he shall sell unto thee.

16 If the number of years is great, the price will be increased, and if the number of years is small, the price will be less, for it is the produce of a certain number of years which the man is giving you.

According to the multitude of the years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of the years thou shalt diminish the price of it; for the number of crops doth he sell unto thee.

17 And do no wrong, one to another, but let the fear of your God be before you; for I am the Lord your God.

And ye shall not wrong one another; but thou shalt fear thy God; for I am the LORD your God.

18 So keep my rules and my decisions and do them, and you will be safe in your land.

Wherefore ye shall do My statutes, and keep Mine ordinances and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.

19 And the land will give her fruit, and you will have food in full measure and be safe in the land.

And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat until ye have enough, and dwell therein in safety.

20 And if you say, Where will our food come from in the seventh year, when we may not put in seed, or get in the increase

And if ye shall say: 'What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we may not sow, nor gather in our increase';

21 Then I will send my blessing on you in the sixth year, and the land will give fruit enough for three years.

then I will command My blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth produce for the three years.

22 And in the eighth year you will put in your seed, and get your food from the old stores, till the fruit of the ninth year is ready.

And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the produce, the old store; until the ninth year, until her produce come in, ye shall eat the old store.

23 No exchange of land may be for ever, for the land is mine, and you are as my guests, living with me for a time.

And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is Mine; for ye are strangers and settlers with Me.

24 Wherever there is property in land, the owner is to have the right of getting it back.

And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.

25 If your brother becomes poor, and has to give up some of his land for money, his nearest relation may come and get back that which his brother has given up.

If thy brother be waxen poor, and sell some of his possession, then shall his kinsman that is next unto him come, and shall redeem that which his brother hath sold.

26 And if he has no one to get it back for him, and later he himself gets wealth and has enough money to get it back;

And if a man have no one to redeem it, and he be waxen rich and find sufficient means to redeem it;

27 Then let him take into account the years from the time when he gave it up, and make up the loss for the rest of the years to him who took it, and so get back his property.

then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return unto his possession.

28 But if he is not able to get it back for himself, then it will be kept by him who gave a price for it, till the year of Jubilee; and in that year it will go back to its first owner and he will have his property again.

But if he have not sufficient means to get it back for himself, then that which he hath sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubilee; and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.

29 And if a man gives his house in a walled town for money, he has the right to get it back for the space of a full year after he has given it up.

And if a man sell a dwelling-house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; for a full year shall he have the right of redemption.

30 And if he does not get it back by the end of the year, then the house in the town will become the property of him who gave the money for it, and of his children for ever; it will not go from him in the year of Jubilee.

And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be made sure in perpetuity to him that bought it, throughout his generations; it shall not go out in the jubilee.

31 But houses in small unwalled towns will be the same as property in the country; they may be got back, and they will go back to their owners in the year of Jubilee.

But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be reckoned with the fields of the country; they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubilee.

32 But the houses in the towns of the Levites may be got back by the Levites at any time.

But as for the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, the Levites shall have a perpetual right of redemption.

33 And if a Levite does not give money to get back his property, his house in the town which was exchanged for money will come back to him in the year of Jubilee. For the houses of the towns of the Levites are their property among the children of Israel.

And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold in the city of his possession, shall go out in the jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.

34 But the land on the outskirts of their towns may not be exchanged for money, for it is their property for ever.

But the fields of the open land about their cities may not be sold; for that is their perpetual possession.

35 And if your brother becomes poor and is not able to make a living, then you are to keep him with you, helping him as you would a man from another country who is living among you.

And if thy brother be waxen poor, and his means fail with thee; then thou shalt uphold him: as a stranger and a settler shall he live with thee.

36 Take no interest from him, in money or in goods, but have the fear of your God before you, and let your brother make a living among you.

Take thou no interest of him or increase; but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.

37 Do not take interest on the money which you let him have or on the food which you give him.

Thou shalt not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy victuals for increase.

38 I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan, that I might be your God.

I am the LORD your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, to be your God.

39 And if your brother becomes poor and gives himself to you for money, do not make use of him like a servant who is your property;

And if thy brother be waxen poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee, thou shalt not make him to serve as a bondservant.

40 But let him be with you as a servant working for payment, till the year of Jubilee;

As a hired servant, and as a settler, he shall be with thee; he shall serve with thee unto the year of jubilee.

41 Then he will go out from you, he and his children with him, and go back to his family and to the property of his fathers.

Then shall he go out from thee, he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.

42 For they are my servants whom I took out from the land of Egypt; they may not become the property of another.

For they are My servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as bondmen.

43 Do not be a hard master to him, but have the fear of God before you.

Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

44 But you may get servants as property from among the nations round about; from them you may take men-servants and women-servants.

And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, whom thou mayest have: of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

45 And in addition, you may get, for money, servants from among the children of other nations who are living with you, and from their families which have come to birth in your land; and these will be your property.

Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them may ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they have begotten in your land; and they may be your possession.

46 And they will be your children's heritage after you, to keep as their property; they will be your servants for ever; but you may not be hard masters to your countrymen, the children of Israel.

And ye may make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession: of them may ye take your bondmen for ever; but over your brethren the children of Israel ye shall not rule, one over another, with rigour.

47 And if one from another nation living among you gets wealth, and your countryman, at his side, becomes poor and gives himself for money to the man from another nation or to one of his family;

And if a stranger who is a settler with thee be waxen rich, and thy brother be waxen poor beside him, and sell himself unto the stranger who is a settler with thee, or to the offshoot of a stranger's family,

48 After he has given himself he has the right to be made free, for a price, by one of his brothers,

after that he is sold he may be redeemed; one of his brethren may redeem him;

49 Or his father's brother, or the son of his father's brother, or any near relation; or if he gets money, he may make himself free.

or his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be waxen rich, he may redeem himself.

50 And let the years be numbered from the time when he gave himself to his owner till the year of Jubilee, and the price given for him will be in relation to the number of years, on the scale of the payment of a servant.

And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he sold himself to him unto the year of jubilee; and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years; according to the time of a hired servant shall he be with him.

51 If there is still a long time, he will give back, on account of it, a part of the price which was given for him.

If there be yet many years, according unto them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.

52 And if there is only a short time, he will take account of it with his master, and in relation to the number of years he will give back the price of making him free.

And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according unto his years shall he give back the price of his redemption.

53 And he will be with him as a servant working for payment year by year; his master is not to be cruel to him before your eyes.

As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him; he shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.

54 And if he is not made free in this way, he will go out in the year of Jubilee, he and his children with him.

And if he be not redeemed by any of these means, then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, he, and his children with him.

55 For the children of Israel are servants to me; they are my servants whom I took out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

For unto Me the children of Israel are servants; they are My servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.