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1.    Yahweh said to Moses in Mount Sinai,     And the Lord said to Moses on Mount Sinai,     And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,
 
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.     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.    Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather in its fruits;     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 fruit 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.     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 rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
 
5.    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.     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 its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land.
 
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.     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 of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee,
 
7.    For your livestock also, and for the animals that are in your land, shall all its increase be for food.     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 beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.
 
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.     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 the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.
 
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.     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 cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.
 
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.     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 all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
 
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.     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 jubile 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 thy vine undressed.
 
12.    For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy to you. You shall eat of its increase out of the field.     For it is the Jubilee, and it is holy to you; your food will be the natural increase of the field.     For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.
 
13.    "'In this Year of Jubilee each of you shall return to his property.     In this year of Jubilee, let every man go back to his heritage.     In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.
 
14.    "'If you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.     And in the business of trading goods for money, do no wrong to one another.     And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
 
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.     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 jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell 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.     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 years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.
 
17.    You shall not wrong one another; but you shall fear your God: for I am Yahweh your God.     And do no wrong, one to another, but let the fear of your God be before you; for I am the Lord your God.     Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God:for I am the LORD your God.
 
18.    "'Therefore you shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances and do them; and you shall dwell in the land in safety.     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 my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
 
19.    The land shall yield its fruit, and you shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.     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 your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
 
20.    If you said, "What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;"     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 shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:
 
21.    then I will command my blessing on you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for the three years.     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 fruit for three years.
 
22.    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.     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 yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old 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.     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.     The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
 
24.    In all the land of your possession you shall grant a redemption for the land.     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 sells some of his possessions, then his kinsman who is next to him shall come, and redeem that which his brother has sold.     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 hath 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.
 
26.    If a man has no one to redeem it, and he becomes prosperous and finds sufficient means to redeem it;     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 the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem 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.     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; that he may return unto his possession.
 
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: and in the Jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his property.     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 be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.
 
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.     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; within a full year may he redeem 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.     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 established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.
 
31.    But the houses of the villages which have no wall around them shall be reckoned with the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.     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 counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile.
 
32.    "'Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses in the cities of their possession, the Levites may redeem at any time.     But the houses in the towns of the Levites may be got back by the Levites at any time.     Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
 
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.     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, 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.
 
34.    But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.     But the land on the outskirts of their towns may not be exchanged for money, for it is their property for ever.     But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
 
35.    "'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.     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 fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
 
36.    Take no interest from him or profit, but fear your God; that your brother may live among you.     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 usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
 
37.    You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.     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 usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
 
38.    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.     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, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.
 
39.    "'If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you; you shall not make him to serve as a slave.     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 that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
 
40.    As a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with you; he shall serve with you until the Year of Jubilee:     But let him be with you as a servant working for payment, till the year of Jubilee;     But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:
 
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.     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.     And then shall he depart from thee, both 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 brought forth out of the land of Egypt. They shall not be sold as slaves.     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, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
 
43.    You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.     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.    "'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.     But you may get servants as property from among the nations round about; from them you may take men-servants and women-servants.     Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
 
45.    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.     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 shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
 
46.    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.     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 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, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
 
47.    "'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;     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 sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:
 
48.    after he is sold he may be redeemed. One of his brothers may redeem him;     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 again; one of his brethren may redeem 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.     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.     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.
 
50.    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.     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 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.
 
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.     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 behind, according unto them he shall give again 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.     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 jubile, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption.
 
53.    As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him: he shall not rule with harshness over him in your sight.     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.     And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.
 
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.     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 in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him.
 
55.    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.     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.