13 (A)On this year of jubilee each of you shall return to his own property. 14 Furthermore, if you make a sale to your friend, or buy from your friend’s hand, (B)you shall not [a]wrong one another. 15 Corresponding to the number of years after the jubilee, you shall buy from your [b]friend; he is to sell to you according to the number of years of crops. 16 (C)In proportion to [c]a greater number of years you shall increase its price, and in proportion to [d]fewer years you shall decrease its price, because it is the number of crops that he is selling to you. 17 So (D)you shall not [e]wrong one another, but you shall [f]fear your God; for I am the Lord your God.

18 ‘You shall therefore [g]follow My statutes and keep My judgments so as to carry them out, so that (E)you may live securely on the land. 19 Then the land will yield its produce, so that you can eat your fill and live securely on it. 20 But if you say, “(F)What are we going to eat in the seventh year if we do not sow nor gather in our produce?” 21 then (G)I will so order My blessing for you in the sixth year that it will bring forth the produce for three years. 22 When you are sowing the eighth year, you can still eat (H)old things from the produce, eating the old until the ninth year when its produce comes in.

The Law of Redemption

23 ‘The land, moreover, shall not be sold permanently, because (I)the land is Mine; for (J)you are only strangers and residents with Me. 24 So for every [h]piece of your property, you are to provide for the redemption of the land.

25 (K)If a fellow countryman of yours becomes so poor that he sells part of his property, then his closest [i]redeemer is to come and buy back what his relative has sold. 26 Or in case someone has no redeemer, but [j]recovers to find sufficient means for its redemption, 27 (L)then he shall calculate the years since its sale and refund the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and so return to his property. 28 But if [k]he has not found sufficient means to get it back for himself, then what he has sold shall remain in the hands of its purchaser until the year of jubilee; but at the jubilee it shall [l]revert, so that (M)he may return to his property.

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Notas al pie

  1. Leviticus 25:14 Lit oppress
  2. Leviticus 25:15 Lit friend’s hands
  3. Leviticus 25:16 Lit the multitude of
  4. Leviticus 25:16 Lit the years being few
  5. Leviticus 25:17 Lit oppress
  6. Leviticus 25:17 Or revere
  7. Leviticus 25:18 Lit do My
  8. Leviticus 25:24 Lit land
  9. Leviticus 25:25 I.e., male relative to act in his behalf
  10. Leviticus 25:26 Lit his hand reaches
  11. Leviticus 25:28 Lit his hand has not found sufficient to
  12. Leviticus 25:28 Lit go out

13 (A)‘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 (B)oppress one another. 15 (C)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 (D)you shall not [a]oppress one another, (E)but you shall fear your God; for I am the Lord your God.

Provisions for the Seventh Year

18 (F)‘So you shall observe My statutes and keep My judgments, and perform them; (G)and you will dwell in the land in safety. 19 Then the land will yield its fruit, and (H)you will eat your fill, and dwell there in safety.

20 ‘And if you say, (I)“What shall we eat in the seventh year, since (J)we shall not sow nor gather in our produce?” 21 Then I will (K)command My blessing on you in the (L)sixth year, and it will bring forth produce enough for three years. 22 (M)And you shall sow in the eighth year, and eat (N)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 (O)the land is Mine; for you are (P)strangers and sojourners with Me. 24 And in all the land of your possession you shall grant redemption of the land.

25 (Q)‘If one of your brethren becomes poor, and has sold some of his possession, and if (R)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 (S)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. 28 But if he is not able to have it restored to himself, then what was sold shall remain in the hand of him who bought it until the Year of Jubilee; (T)and in the Jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his possession.

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Notas al pie

  1. Leviticus 25:17 mistreat