Leviticus 25

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

1 Ref And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in mount Sinai, saying,

2 Ref `Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When ye come in unto the land which I am giving to you, then hath the land kept a sabbath to Jehovah.

3 Ref `Six years thou dost sow thy field, and six years thou dost prune thy vineyard, and hast gathered its increase,

4 Ref and in the seventh year a sabbath of rest is to the land, a sabbath to Jehovah; thy field thou dost not sow, and thy vineyard thou dost not prune;

5 Ref the spontaneous growth of thy harvest thou dost not reap, and the grapes of thy separated thing thou dost not gather, a year of rest it is to the land.

6 Ref `And the sabbath of the land hath been to you for food, to thee, and to thy man-servant, and to thy handmaid, and to thy hireling, and to thy settler, who are sojourning with thee;

7 and to thy cattle, and to the beast which `is' in thy land, is all thine increase for food.

8 Ref `And thou hast numbered to thee seven sabbaths of years, seven years seven times, and the days of the seven sabbaths of years have been to thee nine and forty years,

9 Ref and thou hast caused a trumpet of shouting to pass over in the seventh month, in the tenth of the month; in the day of the atonements ye do cause a trumpet to pass over through all your land;

10 Ref and ye have hallowed the year, the fiftieth year; and ye have proclaimed liberty in the land to all its inhabitants; a jubilee it is to you; and ye have turned back each unto his possession; yea, each unto his family ye do turn back.

11 Ref `A jubilee it `is', the fiftieth year, a year it is to you; ye sow not, nor reap its spontaneous growth, nor gather its separated things;

12 Ref for a jubilee it `is', holy it is to you; out of the field ye eat its increase;

13 Ref in the year of this jubilee ye turn back each unto his possession.

14 Ref `And when thou sellest anything to thy fellow, or buyest from the hand of thy fellow, ye do not oppress one another;

15 Ref by the number of years after the jubilee thou dost buy from thy fellow; by the number of the years of increase he doth sell to thee;

16 Ref according to the multitude of the years thou dost multiply its price, and according to the fewness of the years thou dost diminish its price; for a number of increases he is selling to thee;

17 Ref and ye do not oppress one another, and thou hast been afraid of thy God; for I `am' Jehovah your God.

18 Ref `And ye have done My statutes, and My judgments ye keep, and have done them, and ye have dwelt on the land confidently,

19 Ref and the land hath given its fruit, and ye have eaten to satiety, and have dwelt confidently on it.

20 Ref `And when ye say, What do we eat in the seventh year, lo, we do not sow, nor gather our increase?

21 Ref then I have commanded My blessing on you in the sixth year, and it hath made the increase for three years;

22 Ref and ye have sown the eighth year, and have eaten of the old increase; until the ninth year, until the coming in of its increase, ye do eat the old.

23 Ref `And the land is not sold -- to extinction, for the land `is' Mine, for sojourners and settlers `are' ye with Me;

24 Ref and in all the land of your possession a redemption ye do give to the land.

25 Ref `When thy brother becometh poor, and hath sold his possession, then hath his redeemer who is near unto him come, and he hath redeemed the sold thing of his brother;

26 Ref and when a man hath no redeemer, and his own hand hath attained, and he hath found as sufficient `for' its redemption,

27 then he hath reckoned the years of its sale, and hath given back that which is over to the man to whom he sold `it', and he hath returned to his possession.

28 Ref `And if his hand hath not found sufficiency to give back to him, then hath his sold thing been in the hand of him who buyeth it till the year of jubilee; and it hath gone out in the jubilee, and he hath returned to his possession.

29 `And when a man selleth a dwelling-house `in' a walled city, then hath his right of redemption been until the completion of a year from its selling; days -- is his right of redemption;

30 and if it is not redeemed until the fulness to him of a perfect year, then hath the house which `is' in a walled city been established to extinction to the buyer of it, to his generations; it goeth not out in the jubilee;

31 Ref and a house of the villages which have no wall round about, on the field of the country is reckoned; redemption is to it, and in the jubilee it goeth out.

32 Ref `As to cities of the Levites -- houses of the cities of their possession -- redemption age-during is to the Levites;

33 Ref as to him who redeemeth from the Levites, both the sale of a house and the city of his possession have gone out in the jubilee, for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession in the midst of the sons of Israel.

34 Ref And a field, a suburb of their cities, is not sold; for a possession age-during it `is' to them.

35 Ref `And when thy brother is become poor, and his hand hath failed with thee, then thou hast kept hold on him, sojourner and settler, and he hath lived with thee;

36 Ref thou takest no usury from him, or increase; and thou hast been afraid of thy God; and thy brother hath lived with thee;

37 thy money thou givest not to him in usury, and for increase thou givest not thy food;

38 Ref I `am' Jehovah your God, who hath brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give to you the land of Canaan, to become your God.

39 Ref `And when thy brother becometh poor with thee, and he hath been sold to thee, thou dost not lay on him servile service;

40 Ref as an hireling, as a settler, he is with thee, till the year of the jubilee he doth serve with thee, --

41 Ref then he hath gone out from thee, he and his sons with him, and hath turned back unto his family; even unto the possession of his fathers he doth turn back.

42 Ref `For they `are' My servants, whom I have brought out from the land of Egypt: they are not sold `with' the sale of a servant;

43 Ref thou rulest not over him with rigour, and thou hast been afraid of thy God.

44 Ref `And thy man-servant and thy handmaid whom thou hast `are' of the nations who `are' round about you; of them ye buy man-servant and handmaid,

45 Ref and also of the sons of the settlers who are sojourning with you, of them ye buy, and of their families who `are' with you, which they have begotten in your land, and they have been to you for a possession;

46 Ref and ye have taken them for inheritance to your sons after you, to occupy `for' a possession; to the age ye lay service upon them, but upon your brethren, the sons of Israel, one with another, thou dost not rule over him with rigour.

47 Ref `And when the hand of a sojourner or settler with thee attaineth `riches', and thy brother with him hath become poor, and he hath been sold to a sojourner, a settler with thee, or to the root of the family of a sojourner,

48 Ref after he hath been sold, there is a right of redemption to him; one of his brethren doth redeem him,

49 Ref or his uncle, or a son of his uncle, doth redeem him, or any of the relations of his flesh, of his family, doth redeem him, or -- his own hand hath attained -- then he hath been redeemed.

50 Ref `And he hath reckoned with his buyer from the year of his being sold to him till the year of jubilee, and the money of his sale hath been by the number of years; as the days of an hireling it is with him.

51 `If yet many years, according to them he giveth back his redemption `money', from the money of his purchase.

52 `And if few are left of the years till the year of jubilee, then he hath reckoned with him, according to his years he doth give back his redemption `money';

53 Ref as an hireling, year by year, he is with him, and he doth not rule him with rigour before thine eyes.

54 Ref `And if he is not redeemed in these `years', then he hath gone out in the year of jubilee, he and his sons with him.

55 Ref For to Me `are' the sons of Israel servants; My servants they `are', whom I have brought out of the land of Egypt; I, Jehovah, `am' your God.

American Standard-ASV1901 (ASV)

1 Ref And Jehovah spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,

2 Ref 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 Jehovah.

3 Ref Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruits thereof;

4 Ref but in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath unto Jehovah: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.

5 Ref 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 Ref 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 sojourn with thee.

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

8 Ref 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 Ref Then shalt thou send abroad the loud trumpet on the tenth day of the seventh month; in the day of atonement shall ye send abroad the trumpet throughout all your land.

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

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

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

15 Ref According to the number of years after the jubilee thou shalt buy of thy neighbor, `and' according unto the number of years of the crops he shall sell unto thee.

16 Ref 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 the crops doth he sell unto thee.

17 Ref And ye shall not wrong one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am Jehovah your God.

18 Ref Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep mine ordinances and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.

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

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

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

22 Ref And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits, the old store; until the ninth year, until its fruits come in, ye shall eat the old store.

23 Ref And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is mine: for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

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

25 Ref If thy brother be waxed 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 Ref And if a man have no one to redeem it, and he be waxed rich and find sufficient to redeem it;

27 then let him reckon 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 Ref But if he be not able 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 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 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 Ref 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 Ref Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.

33 Ref And if one of the Levites redeem, 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 children of Israel.

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

35 Ref And if thy brother be waxed poor, and his hand fail with thee; then thou shalt uphold him: `as' a stranger and a sojourner shall he live with thee.

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

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

38 Ref 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 Ref And if thy brother be waxed poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee; thou shalt not make him to serve as a bond-servant.

40 Ref As a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee; he shall serve with thee unto the year of jubilee:

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

43 Ref Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God.

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

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

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

47 Ref And if a stranger or sojourner with thee be waxed rich, and thy brother be waxed poor beside him, and sell himself unto the stranger `or' sojourner with thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family;

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

49 Ref 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 waxed rich, he may redeem himself.

50 Ref 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 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 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 Ref As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him: he shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight.

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

55 Ref 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 Jehovah your God.

World English Bible (WEB)

1 Ref Yahweh said to Moses in Mount Sinai,

2 Ref "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.

3 Ref Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather in its fruits;

4 Ref 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.

5 Ref What grows of itself in your harvest you shall not reap, and the grapes of your undressed vine you shall not gather. It shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.

6 Ref 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.

7 For your cattle also, and for the animals that are in your land, shall all the increase of it be for food.

8 Ref "'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.

9 Ref 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.

10 Ref 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.

11 Ref 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.

12 Ref For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy to you. You shall eat of its increase out of the field.

13 Ref "'In this Year of Jubilee each of you shall return to his property.

14 Ref "'If you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.

15 Ref 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.

16 Ref According to the length of the years you shall increase the price of it, and according to the shortness of the years you shall diminish the price of it; for he is selling the number of the crops to you.

17 Ref You shall not wrong one another; but you shall fear your God: for I am Yahweh your God.

18 Ref "'Therefore you shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances and do them; and you shall dwell in the land in safety.

19 Ref The land shall yield its fruit, and you shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.

20 Ref If you said, "What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;"

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

22 Ref You shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits, the old store; until the ninth year, until its fruits come in, you shall eat the old store.

23 Ref "'The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; for you are strangers and live as foreigners with me.

24 Ref In all the land of your possession you shall grant a redemption for the land.

25 Ref "'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.

26 Ref If a man has no one to redeem it, and he becomes prosperous and finds sufficient means to redeem it;

27 then let him reckon the years since the sale of it, and restore the surplus to the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return to his property.

28 Ref 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: and in the Jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his propery.

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.

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.

31 Ref 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 be released in the Jubilee.

32 Ref "'Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses in the cities of their possession, the Levites may redeem at any time.

33 Ref 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.

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

35 Ref "'If your brother has become poor, and his hand can't support him among you; then you shall uphold him. As a stranger and a sojourner he shall live with you.

36 Ref Take no interest from him or profit, but fear your God; that your brother may live among you.

37 You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.

38 Ref I am Yahweh 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 Ref "'If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you; you shall not make him to serve as a slave.

40 Ref As a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with you; he shall serve with you until the Year of Jubilee:

41 Ref 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.

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

43 Ref You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.

44 Ref "'As for your male and your female slaves, whom you may have; of the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves.

45 Ref Moreover of the children of the strangers who sojourn 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.

46 Ref You may make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession; of them may you take your slaves forever: but over your brothers the children of Israel you shall not rule, one over another, with harshness.

47 Ref "'If a stranger or sojourner 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;

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

49 Ref 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.

50 Ref 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; according to the time of a hired servant shall he 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.

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.

53 Ref As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him: he shall not rule with harshness over him in your sight.

54 Ref "'If he isn't redeemed by these means, then he shall be released in the Year of Jubilee, he, and his children with him.

55 Ref For to me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.

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