Leviticus 25

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

And Jehovah spoke to Moses at mount Sinai, saying,

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

Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath to Jehovah.

3 Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;

Six years thou shall sow thy field, and six years thou shall prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruits of it,

4 But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: you shall neither sow your field, nor prune your vineyard.

but in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath to Jehovah. Thou shall neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.

5 That which grows of its own accord of your harvest you shall not reap, neither gather the grapes of your vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land.

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

6 And the sabbath of the land shall be food for you; for you, and for your servant, and for your maid, and for your hired servant, and for your stranger that sojourns with you.

And the sabbath 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 thy stranger, who sojourns with thee.

7 And for your cattle, and for the beast that are in your land, shall all the increase thereof be food.

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

8 And you shall number seven sabbaths of years unto you, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto you forty and nine years.

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

9 Then shall you cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall all of you make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.

Then thou shall send abroad the loud trumpet on the tenth day of the seventh month. In the day of atonement ye shall send abroad the trumpet throughout all your land.

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

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

11 A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: all of you shall not sow, neither reap that which grows of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of your vine undressed.

That fiftieth year shall be a jubilee to you. Ye shall not sow, neither reap that which grows of itself in it, nor gather in it of the undressed vines.

12 For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: all of you shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.

For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy to you. Ye shall eat the increase of it out of the field.

13 In the year of this jubile all of you shall return every man unto his possession.

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

14 And if you sell ought unto your neighbour, or buy ought of your neighbour's hand, all of you shall not oppress one another:

And if thou sell anything to thy neighbor, or buy of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not wrong each other.

15 According to the number of years after the jubile you shall buy of your neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto you:

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

16 According to the multitude of years you shall increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years you shall diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits does he sell unto you.

According to the multitude of the years thou shall increase the price of it, and according to the fewness of the years thou shall diminish the price of it, for the number of the crops he sells to thee.

17 All of you shall not therefore oppress one another; but you shall fear your God: for I am the LORD your God.

And ye shall not wrong each other, but thou shall fear thy God, for I am Jehovah your God.

18 Wherefore all of you shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and all of you shall dwell in the land in safety.

Therefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances and do them, and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.

19 And the land shall yield her fruit, and all of you shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.

And the land shall yield its fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell in safety in it.

20 And if all of you shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:

And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase,

21 Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.

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

22 And all of you shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in all of you shall eat of the old store.

And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits, the old storage, until the ninth year. Until its fruits come in, ye shall eat the old storage.

23 The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine, for all of you are strangers and sojourners with me.

And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine. For ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

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

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

25 If your brother be becoming poor, and has sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.

If thy brother becomes poor, and sells some of his possession, then his kinsman who is next to him shall come, and shall redeem that which his brother has sold.

26 And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;

And if a man has no one to redeem it, and he becomes rich and finds sufficient to redeem it,

27 Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the surplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.

then let him reckon the years of the sale of it, and restore the excess to the man to whom he sold it, and he shall return to his possession.

28 But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that has bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.

But if he is not able to get it back for himself, then that which he has sold shall remain in the hand of him who has bought it until the year of jubilee. And in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return to his possession.

29 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; within a full year may he redeem it.

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

30 And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.

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 who bought it, throughout his generations. It shall not go out in the jubilee.

31 But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile.

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 Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.

Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, the Levites may redeem at any time.

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

And if a man purchases from the Levites, then the house that was sold, and 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 sons of Israel.

34 But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.

But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold, for it is their perpetual possession.

35 And if your brother be becoming poor, and fallen in decay with you; then you shall relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with you.

And if thy brother becomes poor, and his hand fails with thee, then thou shall uphold him; he shall live with thee as a stranger and a sojourner.

36 Take you no interest of him, or increase: but fear your God; that your brother may live with you.

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

37 You shall not give him your money upon interest, nor lend him your victuals for increase.

Thou shall not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy food for profit.

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

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

39 And if your brother that dwells by you be becoming poor, and be sold unto you; you shall not compel him to serve as a bondservant:

And if thy brother becomes poor with thee, and sells himself to thee, thou shall not impose upon him servile labor.

40 But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with you, and shall serve you unto the year of jubile.

He shall be with thee as a hired servant, and as a sojourner. He shall serve with thee to the year of jubilee.

41 And then shall he depart from you, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.

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

42 For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.

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

43 You shall not rule over him with rigour; but shall fear your God.

Thou shall not rule over him with rigor, but shall fear thy God.

44 Both your bondmen, and your bondmaids, which you shall have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall all of you buy bondmen and bondmaids.

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

45 Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall all of you buy, and of their families that are with you, which they brings forth in your land: and they shall be your possession.

Moreover of the sons of the strangers who sojourn among you, ye shall buy from them, and from their families that are with you, which they have begotten in your land, and they shall be your possession.

46 And all of you shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, all of you shall not rule one over another with rigour.

And ye shall make them an inheritance for your sons after you, to hold for a possession. Ye shall take your permanent bondmen from them, but over your brothers the sons of Israel ye shall not rule, one over another, with rigor.

47 And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by you, and your brother that dwells by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by you, or to the stock of the stranger's family:

And if a stranger or sojourner with thee becomes rich, and thy brother becomes poor beside him, and sells himself to the stranger or sojourner with thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family,

48 After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:

he may be redeemed after he is sold. One of his brothers may redeem him.

49 Either 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 able, he may redeem himself.

Or his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him. Or any who is near of kin to him of his family may redeem him. Or if he becomes rich, he may redeem himself.

50 And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him.

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

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

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

52 And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption.

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

53 And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in your sight.

He shall be with him as a servant hired year by year. He shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight.

54 And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him.

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

55 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.

For the sons of Israel are servants to me. They are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt. I am Jehovah your God.