¹⁵ When you lease property from a friend, you should pay only for the time you get to use it. He will base the price on the number of harvest years remaining until the jubilee returns. ¹⁶ You will raise the price if the jubilee year is far away. You will lower the price if the year is near, for what you are really buying is the number of harvests you can get in before the next jubilee. ¹⁷ Do not cheat each other. Instead, fear the God who has power over you; for I am the Eternal One, your God.