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Leviticus 25:8-27
New King James Version
Leviticus 25:8-27
New King James Version
The Year of Jubilee
8 ‘And you shall count seven sabbaths of years for yourself, seven times seven years; and the time of the seven sabbaths of years shall be to you forty-nine years. 9 Then you shall cause the trumpet of the Jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month; (A)on the Day of Atonement you shall make the trumpet to sound throughout all your land. 10 And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and (B)proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a Jubilee for you; (C)and each of you shall return to his possession, and each of you shall return to his family. 11 That fiftieth year shall be a Jubilee to you; in it (D)you shall neither sow nor reap what grows of its own accord, nor gather the grapes of your untended vine. 12 For it is the Jubilee; it shall be holy to you; (E)you shall eat its produce from the field.
13 (F)‘In this Year of Jubilee, each of you shall return to his possession. 14 And if you sell anything to your neighbor or buy from your neighbor’s hand, you shall not (G)oppress one another. 15 (H)According to the number of years after the Jubilee you shall buy from your neighbor, and according to the number of years of crops he shall sell to you. 16 According to the multitude of years you shall increase its price, and according to the fewer number of years you shall diminish its price; for he sells to you according to the number of the years of the crops. 17 Therefore (I)you shall not [a]oppress one another, (J)but you shall fear your God; for I am the Lord your God.
Provisions for the Seventh Year
18 (K)‘So you shall observe My statutes and keep My judgments, and perform them; (L)and you will dwell in the land in safety. 19 Then the land will yield its fruit, and (M)you will eat your fill, and dwell there in safety.
20 ‘And if you say, (N)“What shall we eat in the seventh year, since (O)we shall not sow nor gather in our produce?” 21 Then I will (P)command My blessing on you in the (Q)sixth year, and it will bring forth produce enough for three years. 22 (R)And you shall sow in the eighth year, and eat (S)old produce until the ninth year; until its produce comes in, you shall eat of the old harvest.
Redemption of Property
23 ‘The land shall not be sold permanently, for (T)the land is Mine; for you are (U)strangers and sojourners with Me. 24 And in all the land of your possession you shall grant redemption of the land.
25 (V)‘If one of your brethren becomes poor, and has sold some of his possession, and if (W)his redeeming relative comes to redeem it, then he may redeem what his brother sold. 26 Or if the man has no one to redeem it, but he himself becomes able to redeem it, 27 then (X)let him count the years since its sale, and restore the remainder to the man to whom he sold it, that he may return to his possession.
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Leviticus 25:8-27
New International Version
Leviticus 25:8-27
New International Version
The Year of Jubilee(A)(B)
8 “‘Count off seven sabbath years—seven times seven years—so that the seven sabbath years amount to a period of forty-nine years. 9 Then have the trumpet(C) sounded everywhere on the tenth day of the seventh month;(D) on the Day of Atonement(E) sound the trumpet throughout your land. 10 Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty(F) throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee(G) for you; each of you is to return to your family property(H) and to your own clan. 11 The fiftieth year shall be a jubilee(I) for you; do not sow and do not reap what grows of itself or harvest the untended vines.(J) 12 For it is a jubilee and is to be holy for you; eat only what is taken directly from the fields.
13 “‘In this Year of Jubilee(K) everyone is to return to their own property.
14 “‘If you sell land to any of your own people or buy land from them, do not take advantage of each other.(L) 15 You are to buy from your own people on the basis of the number of years(M) since the Jubilee. And they are to sell to you on the basis of the number of years left for harvesting crops. 16 When the years are many, you are to increase the price, and when the years are few, you are to decrease the price,(N) because what is really being sold to you is the number of crops. 17 Do not take advantage of each other,(O) but fear your God.(P) I am the Lord your God.(Q)
18 “‘Follow my decrees and be careful to obey my laws,(R) and you will live safely in the land.(S) 19 Then the land will yield its fruit,(T) and you will eat your fill and live there in safety.(U) 20 You may ask, “What will we eat in the seventh year(V) if we do not plant or harvest our crops?” 21 I will send you such a blessing(W) in the sixth year that the land will yield enough for three years.(X) 22 While you plant during the eighth year, you will eat from the old crop and will continue to eat from it until the harvest of the ninth year comes in.(Y)
23 “‘The land(Z) must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine(AA) and you reside in my land as foreigners(AB) and strangers. 24 Throughout the land that you hold as a possession, you must provide for the redemption(AC) of the land.
25 “‘If one of your fellow Israelites becomes poor and sells some of their property, their nearest relative(AD) is to come and redeem(AE) what they have sold. 26 If, however, there is no one to redeem it for them but later on they prosper(AF) and acquire sufficient means to redeem it themselves, 27 they are to determine the value for the years(AG) since they sold it and refund the balance to the one to whom they sold it; they can then go back to their own property.(AH)
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