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Leviticus 25:12-14
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Leviticus 25:12-14
New English Translation
12 Because that year is a Jubilee, it will be holy to you—you may eat its produce[a] from the field.
Release of Landed Property
13 “‘In this Year of Jubilee you must each return[b] to your property. 14 If you make a sale[c] to your fellow citizen[d] or buy[e] from your fellow citizen, no one is to wrong his brother.[f]
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- Leviticus 25:12 tn That is, the produce of the land (fem.; cf. v. 7 above).
- Leviticus 25:13 tn Heb “you [plural] shall return, a man.”
- Leviticus 25:14 tn Heb “sell a sale.”
- Leviticus 25:14 tn Or “to one of your countrymen” (NIV); NASB “to your friend.”
- Leviticus 25:14 tn The Hebrew infinitive absolute קָנֹה (qanoh, “buying”) substitutes for the finite verb here in sequence with the previous finite verb “sell” at the beginning of the verse (see GKC 345 §113.z).
- Leviticus 25:14 tn Heb “do not oppress a man his brother.” Here “brother” does not refer only to a sibling, but to a fellow Israelite.
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