13 “‘In this Year of Jubilee(A) 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.(B) 15 You are to buy from your own people on the basis of the number of years(C) 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,(D) because what is really being sold to you is the number of crops. 17 Do not take advantage of each other,(E) but fear your God.(F) I am the Lord your God.(G)

18 “‘Follow my decrees and be careful to obey my laws,(H) and you will live safely in the land.(I) 19 Then the land will yield its fruit,(J) and you will eat your fill and live there in safety.(K) 20 You may ask, “What will we eat in the seventh year(L) if we do not plant or harvest our crops?” 21 I will send you such a blessing(M) in the sixth year that the land will yield enough for three years.(N) 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.(O)

23 “‘The land(P) must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine(Q) and you reside in my land as foreigners(R) and strangers. 24 Throughout the land that you hold as a possession, you must provide for the redemption(S) of the land.

25 “‘If one of your fellow Israelites becomes poor and sells some of their property, their nearest relative(T) is to come and redeem(U) what they have sold. 26 If, however, there is no one to redeem it for them but later on they prosper(V) and acquire sufficient means to redeem it themselves, 27 they are to determine the value for the years(W) 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.(X) 28 But if they do not acquire the means to repay, what was sold will remain in the possession of the buyer until the Year of Jubilee. It will be returned(Y) in the Jubilee, and they can then go back to their property.(Z)

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13 “In this Year of Jubilee, each of you will return to his property. 14 If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, do not cheat(A) one another. 15 You are to make the purchase from your neighbor based on the number of years since the last Jubilee. He is to sell to you based on the number of remaining harvest years. 16 You are to increase its price in proportion to a greater amount of years, and decrease its price in proportion to a lesser amount of years, because what he is selling to you is a number of harvests. 17 You are not to cheat one another, but fear your God, for I am the Lord your God.

18 “You are to keep my statutes and ordinances and carefully observe them, so that you may live securely in the land.(B) 19 Then the land will yield its fruit, so that you can eat, be satisfied, and live securely in the land. 20 If you wonder, ‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we don’t sow or gather our produce?’ 21 I will appoint my blessing for you in the sixth year, so that it will produce a crop sufficient for three years. 22 When you sow in the eighth year, you will be eating from the previous harvest. You will be eating this until the ninth year when its harvest comes in.

23 “The land is not to be permanently sold because it is mine, and you are only aliens and temporary residents on my land.[a](C) 24 You are to allow the redemption of any land you occupy. 25 If your brother becomes destitute and sells part of his property, his nearest relative may come and redeem what his brother has sold. 26 If a man has no family redeemer, but he prospers[b] and obtains enough to redeem his land, 27 he may calculate the years since its sale, repay the balance to the man he sold it to, and return to his property. 28 But if he cannot obtain enough to repay him, what he sold will remain in the possession of its purchaser until the Year of Jubilee. It is to be released at the Jubilee, so that he may return to his property.

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Footnotes

  1. 25:23 Lit residents with me
  2. 25:26 Lit but his hand reaches