¹⁶ Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “If the prince gives a gift to any one from among his sons, it is his inheritance and it will belong^[a] to his sons; it is their possession as an inheritance. ¹⁷ And if he give a gift from his inheritance to one from among his servants, then it will belong^[b] to him until the year of release,^[c] and then it will return to the prince. His inheritance with respect to his sons will be only for them. ¹⁸ But the prince shall not take from the inheritance of the people to rob^[d] them, separating them from their property; from his own property he shall bestow an inheritance on his sons, so that my people will not be driven away, any one, from his property.”