Leviticus 25
WEB·Leviticus 25
1Yahweh said to Moses on Mount Sinai,
KJVAnd the LORDH3068 spakeH1696(H8762) unto MosesH4872 in mountH2022 SinaiH5514, sayingH559(H8800),
2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall keep a Sabbath to Yahweh.
KJVSpeakH1696(H8761) unto the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478, and sayH559(H8804) unto them, When ye comeH935(H8799) into the landH776 which I giveH5414(H8802) you, then shall the landH776 keepH7673(H8804) a sabbathH7676 unto the LORDH3068.
3 You shall sow your field six years, and you shall prune your vineyard six years, and gather in its fruits;
KJVSixH8337 yearsH8141 thou shalt sowH2232(H8799) thy fieldH7704, and sixH8337 yearsH8141 thou shalt pruneH2168(H8799) thy vineyardH3754, and gatherH622(H8804) in the fruitH8393 thereof;
4 but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to Yahweh. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard.
KJVBut in the seventhH7637 yearH8141 shall be a sabbathH7676 of restH7677 unto the landH776, a sabbathH7676 for the LORDH3068: thou shalt neither sowH2232(H8799) thy fieldH7704, nor pruneH2168(H8799) thy vineyardH3754.
5 What grows of itself in your harvest you shall not reap, and you shall not gather the grapes of your undressed vine. It shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.
KJVThat which groweth of its own accordH5599 of thy harvestH7105 thou shalt not reapH7114(H8799), neither gatherH1219(H8799) the grapesH6025 of thy vine undressedH5139: for it is a yearH8141 of restH7677 unto the landH776.
6 The Sabbath of the land shall be for food for you; for yourself, for your servant, for your maid, for your hired servant, and for your stranger, who lives as a foreigner with you.
KJVAnd the sabbathH7676 of the landH776 shall be meatH402 for you; for thee, and for thy servantH5650, and for thy maidH519, and for thy hired servantH7916, and for thy strangerH8453 that sojournethH1481(H8802) with thee,
7 For your livestock also, and for the animals that are in your land, shall all its increase be for food.
KJVAnd for thy cattleH929, and for the beastH2416 that are in thy landH776, shall all the increaseH8393 thereof be meatH398(H8800).
8 “‘You shall count off seven Sabbaths of years, seven times seven years; and there shall be to you the days of seven Sabbaths of years, even forty-nine years.
KJVAnd thou shalt numberH5608(H8804) sevenH7651 sabbathsH7676 of yearsH8141 unto thee, sevenH7651 timesH6471 sevenH7651 yearsH8141; and the spaceH3117 of the sevenH7651 sabbathsH7676 of yearsH8141 shall be unto thee fortyH705 and nineH8672 yearsH8141.
9 Then you shall sound the loud trumpet on the tenth day of the seventh month. On the Day of Atonement you shall sound the trumpet throughout all your land.
KJVThen shalt thou cause the trumpetH7782 of the jubileH8643 to soundH5674(H8689) on the tenthH6218 day of the seventhH7637 monthH2320, in the dayH3117 of atonementH3725 shall ye make the trumpetH7782 soundH5674(H8686) throughout all your landH776.
10 You shall make the fiftieth year holy, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee to you; and each of you shall return to his own property, and each of you shall return to his family.
KJVAnd ye shall hallowH6942(H8765) the fiftiethH2572H8141 yearH8141, and proclaimH7121(H8804) libertyH1865 throughout all the landH776 unto all the inhabitantsH3427(H8802) thereof: it shall be a jubileH3104 unto you; and ye shall returnH7725(H8804) every manH376 unto his possessionH272, and ye shall returnH7725(H8799) every manH376 unto his familyH4940.
11 That fiftieth year shall be a jubilee to you. In it you shall not sow, neither reap that which grows of itself, nor gather from the undressed vines.
KJVA jubileH3104 shall that fiftiethH2572H8141 yearH8141 be unto you: ye shall not sowH2232(H8799), neither reapH7114(H8799) that which growethH5599 of itself in it, nor gatherH1219(H8799) the grapes in it of thy vine undressedH5139.
12 For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy to you. You shall eat of its increase out of the field.
KJVFor it is the jubileH3104; it shall be holyH6944 unto you: ye shall eatH398(H8799) the increaseH8393 thereof out of the fieldH7704.
13 “‘In this Year of Jubilee each of you shall return to his property.
KJVIn the yearH8141 of this jubileH3104 ye shall returnH7725(H8799) every manH376 unto his possessionH272.
14 “‘If you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.
KJVAnd if thou sellH4376(H8799) oughtH4465 unto thy neighbourH5997, or buyestH7069(H8800) ought of thy neighbour'sH5997 handH3027, ye shall not oppressH3238(H8686) oneH376 anotherH251:
15 According to the number of years after the Jubilee you shall buy from your neighbor. According to the number of years of the crops he shall sell to you.
KJVAccording to the numberH4557 of yearsH8141 afterH310 the jubileH3104 thou shalt buyH7069(H8799) of thy neighbourH5997, and according unto the numberH4557 of yearsH8141 of the fruitsH8393 he shall sellH4376(H8799) unto thee:
16 According to the length of the years you shall increase its price, and according to the shortness of the years you shall diminish its price; for he is selling the number of the crops to you.
KJVAccordingH6310 to the multitudeH7230 of yearsH8141 thou shalt increaseH7235(H8686) the priceH4736 thereof, and accordingH6310 to the fewnessH4591(H8800) of yearsH8141 thou shalt diminishH4591(H8686) the priceH4736 of it: for according to the numberH4557 of the years of the fruitsH8393 doth he sellH4376(H8802) unto thee.
17 You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am Yahweh your God.
KJVYe shall not therefore oppressH3238(H8686) oneH376 anotherH5997; but thou shalt fearH3372(H8804) thy GodH430: for I am the LORDH3068 your GodH430.
18 “‘Therefore you shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances and do them; and you shall dwell in the land in safety.
KJVWherefore ye shall doH6213(H8804) my statutesH2708, and keepH8104(H8799) my judgmentsH4941, and doH6213(H8804) them; and ye shall dwellH3427(H8804) in the landH776 in safetyH983.
19 The land shall yield its fruit, and you shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
KJVAnd the landH776 shall yieldH5414(H8804) her fruitH6529, and ye shall eatH398(H8804) your fillH7648, and dwellH3427(H8804) therein in safetyH983.
20 If you said, “What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;”
KJVAnd if ye shall sayH559(H8799), What shall we eatH398(H8799) the seventhH7637 yearH8141? behold, we shall not sowH2232(H8799), nor gatherH622(H8799) in our increaseH8393:
21 then I will command my blessing on you in the sixth year, and it shall bear fruit for the three years.
KJVThen I will commandH6680(H8765) my blessingH1293 upon you in the sixthH8345 yearH8141, and it shall bring forthH6213(H8804) fruitH8393 for threeH7969 yearsH8141.
22 You shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits from the old store until the ninth year. Until its fruits come in, you shall eat the old store.
KJVAnd ye shall sowH2232(H8804) the eighthH8066 yearH8141, and eatH398(H8804) yet of oldH3465 fruitH8393 until the ninthH8671 yearH8141; until her fruitsH8393 come inH935(H8800) ye shall eatH398(H8799) of the oldH3465 store.
23 “‘The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; for you are strangers and live as foreigners with me.
KJVThe landH776 shall not be soldH4376(H8735) for everH6783: for the landH776 is mine; for ye are strangersH1616 and sojournersH8453 with me.
24 In all the land of your possession you shall grant a redemption for the land.
KJVAnd in all the landH776 of your possessionH272 ye shall grantH5414(H8799) a redemptionH1353 for the landH776.
25 “‘If your brother becomes poor, and sells some of his possessions, then his kinsman who is next to him shall come, and redeem that which his brother has sold.
KJVIf thy brotherH251 be waxen poorH4134(H8799), and hath soldH4376(H8804) away some of his possessionH272, and if any of his kinH7138 comeH935(H8804) to redeemH1350(H8802) it, then shall he redeemH1350(H8804) that which his brotherH251 soldH4465.
26 If a man has no one to redeem it, and he becomes prosperous and finds sufficient means to redeem it,
KJVAnd if the manH376 have none to redeemH1350(H8802) it, and himselfH3027 be ableH1767H5381(H8689) to redeemH4672(H8804)H1353 it;
27 then let him reckon the years since its sale, and restore the surplus to the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return to his property.
KJVThen let him countH2803(H8765) the yearsH8141 of the saleH4465 thereof, and restoreH7725(H8689) the overplusH5736(H8802) unto the manH376 to whom he soldH4376(H8804) it; that he may returnH7725(H8804) unto his possessionH272.
28 But if he isn’t able to get it back for himself, then what he has sold shall remain in the hand of him who has bought it until the Year of Jubilee. In the Jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his property.
KJVBut if heH3027 be not ableH1767 to restoreH4672(H8804)H7725(H8687) it to him, then that which is soldH4465 shall remain in the handH3027 of him that hath boughtH7069(H8802) it until the yearH8141 of jubileH3104: and in the jubileH3104 it shall go outH3318(H8804), and he shall returnH7725(H8804) unto his possessionH272.
29 “‘If a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it has been sold. For a full year he shall have the right of redemption.
KJVAnd if a manH376 sellH4376(H8799) a dwellingH4186 houseH1004 in a walledH2346 cityH5892, then he may redeemH1353 it within a wholeH8552(H8800) yearH8141 after it is soldH4465; within a full yearH3117 may he redeemH1353 it.
30 If it isn’t 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 be released in the Jubilee.
KJVAnd if it be not redeemedH1350(H8735) within the spaceH4390(H8800) of a fullH8549 yearH8141, then the houseH1004 that is in the walledH2346 cityH5892 shall be establishedH6965(H8804) for everH6783 to him that boughtH7069(H8802) it throughout his generationsH1755: it shall not go outH3318(H8799) in the jubileH3104.
31 But the houses of the villages which have no wall around them shall be accounted for with the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.
KJVBut the housesH1004 of the villagesH2691 which have no wallH2346 round aboutH5439 them shall be countedH2803(H8735) as the fieldsH7704 of the countryH776: they may be redeemedH1353, and they shall go outH3318(H8799) in the jubileH3104.
32 “‘Nevertheless, in the cities of the Levites, the Levites may redeem the houses in the cities of their possession at any time.
KJVNotwithstanding the citiesH5892 of the LevitesH3881, and the housesH1004 of the citiesH5892 of their possessionH272, may the LevitesH3881 redeemH1353 at any timeH5769.
33 The Levites may redeem the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, and it shall be released in the Jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.
KJVAnd if a man purchaseH1350(H8799) of the LevitesH3881, then the houseH1004 that was soldH4465, and the cityH5892 of his possessionH272, shall go outH3318(H8804) in the year of jubileH3104: for the housesH1004 of the citiesH5892 of the LevitesH3881 are their possessionH272 amongH8432 the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478.
34 But the field of the pasture lands of their cities may not be sold, for it is their perpetual possession.
KJVBut the fieldH7704 of the suburbsH4054 of their citiesH5892 may not be soldH4376(H8735); for it is their perpetualH5769 possessionH272.
35 “‘If your brother has become poor, and his hand can’t support himself among you, then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and a temporary resident.
KJVAnd if thy brotherH251 be waxen poorH4134(H8799), and fallen in decayH4131(H8804) with theeH3027; then thou shalt relieveH2388(H8689) him: yea, though he be a strangerH1616, or a sojournerH8453; that he may liveH2416 with thee.
36 Take no interest from him or profit; but fear your God, that your brother may live among you.
KJVTakeH3947(H8799) thou no usuryH5392 of him, or increaseH8636: but fearH3372(H8804) thy GodH430; that thy brotherH251 may liveH2416 with thee.
37 You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.
KJVThou shalt not giveH5414(H8799) him thy moneyH3701 upon usuryH5392, nor lendH5414(H8799) him thy victualsH400 for increaseH4768.
38 I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.
KJVI am the LORDH3068 your GodH430, which brought you forthH3318(H8689) out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714, to giveH5414(H8800) you the landH776 of CanaanH3667, and to be your GodH430.
39 “‘If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you, you shall not make him to serve as a slave.
KJVAnd if thy brotherH251 that dwelleth by thee be waxen poorH4134(H8799), and be soldH4376(H8738) unto thee; thou shalt not compelH5647(H8799) him to serveH5656 as a bondservantH5650:
40 As a hired servant, and as a temporary resident, he shall be with you; he shall serve with you until the Year of Jubilee.
KJVBut as an hired servantH7916, and as a sojournerH8453, he shall be with thee, and shall serveH5647(H8799) thee unto the yearH8141 of jubileH3104:
41 Then he shall go out from you, he and his children with him, and shall return to his own family, and to the possession of his fathers.
KJVAnd then shall he departH3318(H8804) from thee, both he and his childrenH1121 with him, and shall returnH7725(H8804) unto his own familyH4940, and unto the possessionH272 of his fathersH1 shall he returnH7725(H8799).
42 For they are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. They shall not be sold as slaves.
KJVFor they are my servantsH5650, which I brought forthH3318(H8689) out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714: they shall not be soldH4376(H8735) asH4466 bondmenH5650.
43 You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.
KJVThou shalt not ruleH7287(H8799) over him with rigourH6531; but shalt fearH3372(H8804) thy GodH430.
44 “‘As for your male and your female slaves, whom you may have from the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves.
KJVBoth thy bondmenH5650, and thy bondmaidsH519, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathenH1471 that are round aboutH5439 you; of them shall ye buyH7069(H8799) bondmenH5650 and bondmaidsH519.
45 Moreover, of the children of the aliens who live among you, of them you may buy, and of their families who are with you, which they have conceived in your land; and they will be your property.
KJVMoreover of the childrenH1121 of the strangersH8453 that do sojournH1481(H8802) among you, of them shall ye buyH7069(H8799), and of their familiesH4940 that are with you, which they begatH3205(H8689) in your landH776: and they shall be your possessionH272.
46 You may make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession. Of them you may take your slaves forever, but over your brothers the children of Israel you shall not rule, one over another, with harshness.
KJVAnd ye shall take them as an inheritanceH5157(H8694) for your childrenH1121 afterH310 you, to inheritH3423(H8800) them for a possessionH272; they shall be your bondmenH5647(H8799) for everH5769: but over your brethrenH251 the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478, ye shall not ruleH7287(H8799) oneH376 over anotherH251 with rigourH6531.
47 “‘If an alien or temporary resident with you becomes rich, and your brother beside him has grown poor, and sells himself to the stranger or foreigner living among you, or to a member of the stranger’s family,
KJVAnd if a sojournerH1616 or strangerH8453 wax richH5381(H8686) by theeH3027, and thy brotherH251 that dwelleth by him wax poorH4134(H8802), and sellH4376(H8738) himself unto the strangerH1616 or sojournerH8453 by thee, or to the stockH6133 of the stranger'sH1616 familyH4940:
48 after he is sold he may be redeemed. One of his brothers may redeem him;
KJVAfterH310 that he is soldH4376(H8738) he may be redeemed againH1353; oneH259 of his brethrenH251 may redeemH1350(H8799) him:
49 or his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or any who is a close relative to him of his family may redeem him; or if he has grown rich, he may redeem himself.
KJVEither his uncleH1730, or his uncle'sH1730 sonH1121, may redeemH1350(H8799) him, or any that is nighH7607 of kinH1320 unto him of his familyH4940 may redeemH1350(H8799) him; or if he be ableH5381(H8689), he may redeemH1350(H8738) himselfH3027.
50 He shall reckon with him who bought him from the year that he sold himself to him to the Year of Jubilee. 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.
KJVAnd he shall reckonH2803(H8765) with him that boughtH7069(H8802) him from the yearH8141 that he was soldH4376(H8736) to him unto the yearH8141 of jubileH3104: and the priceH3701 of his saleH4465 shall be according unto the numberH4557 of yearsH8141, according to the timeH3117 of an hired servantH7916 shall it be with him.
51 If there are yet many years, according to them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
KJVIf there be yet manyH7227 yearsH8141 behind, accordingH6310 unto them he shall give againH7725(H8686) the price of his redemptionH1353 out of the moneyH3701 that he was boughtH4736 for.
52 If there remain but a few years to the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according to his years of service he shall give back the price of his redemption.
KJVAnd if there remainH7604(H8738) but fewH4592 yearsH8141 unto the yearH8141 of jubileH3104, then he shall countH2803(H8765) with him, and accordingH6310 unto his yearsH8141 shall he give him againH7725(H8686) the price of his redemptionH1353.
53 As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him. He shall not rule with harshness over him in your sight.
KJVAnd as a yearlyH8141H8141 hired servantH7916 shall he be with him: and the other shall not ruleH7287(H8799) with rigourH6531 over him in thy sightH5869.
54 If he isn’t redeemed by these means, then he shall be released in the Year of Jubilee: he and his children with him.
KJVAnd if he be not redeemedH1350(H8735) in these years, then he shall go outH3318(H8804) in the yearH8141 of jubileH3104, both he, and his childrenH1121 with him.
55 For to me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.
KJVFor unto me the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 are servantsH5650; they are my servantsH5650 whom I brought forthH3318(H8689) out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714: I am the LORDH3068 your GodH430.
Leviticus 25
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