Leviticus 25:47-26:2

Complete Jewish Bible

(LY: vii) ⁴⁷ “‘If a foreigner living with you has grown rich, and a member of your people has become poor and sells himself to this foreigner living with you or to a member of the foreigner’s family, ⁴⁸ he may be redeemed after he has been sold. One of his brothers may redeem him; ⁴⁹ or his uncle or his uncle’s son may redeem him; or any near relative of his may redeem him; or, if he becomes rich, he may redeem himself. ⁵⁰ He will calculate with the person who bought him the time from the year he sold himself to him to the year of yovel; and the amount to be paid will be according to the number of years and his time at an employee’s wage. ⁵¹ If many years remain, according to them will he refund the amount for his redemption from the amount he was bought for. ⁵² If there remain only a few years until the year of yovel, then he will calculate with him; according to his years will he refund the amount for his redemption. ⁵³ He will be like a worker hired year by year. You will see to it that he is not treated harshly.

⁵⁴ “‘If he has not been redeemed by any of these procedures, nevertheless he will go free in the year of yovel — he and his children with him. (LY: Maftir) ⁵⁵ For to me the people of Isra’el are slaves; they are my slaves whom I brought out of the land of Egypt; I am Adonai your God.

26 “‘You are not to make yourselves any idols, erect a carved statue or a standing-stone, or place any carved stone anywhere in your land in order to bow down to it. I am Adonai your God.

² “‘Keep my Shabbats, and revere my sanctuary; I am Adonai.

Haftarah B’har: Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 32:6–27

B’rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah B’har: Luke 4:16–21; 1 Corinthians 7:21–24; Galatians 6:7–10