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If a man has sexual relations with a female slave who has been acquired by another man but has not yet been redeemed or given her freedom, an investigation shall be made. They shall not be put to death, because she has not been freed.
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Therefore, in every part of the country that you occupy, you must permit the land to be redeemed.
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When one of your kindred is reduced to poverty and has to sell some property, that person’s closest relative, who has the duty to redeem it, shall come and redeem what the relative has sold.
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If, however, the person has no relative to redeem it, but later on acquires sufficient means to redeem it,
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When someone sells a dwelling in a walled town, it can be redeemed up to a full year after its sale—the redemption period is one year.
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But if such a house in a walled town has not been redeemed at the end of a full year, it shall belong irrevocably to the purchaser throughout the generations; it shall not be released in the jubilee.
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However, houses in villages that are not encircled by walls shall be reckoned as part of the surrounding farm land; they may be redeemed, and in the jubilee they must be released.
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In levitical cities the Levites shall always have the right to redeem the houses in the cities that are in their possession.
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even after having sold themselves, they still may be redeemed by one of their kindred,
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And if they are not redeemed by these means, they shall nevertheless be released, together with any children, in the jubilee year.
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If the offerer wishes to redeem the animal, the person shall pay one fifth more than this valuation.
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A person dedicating a house who then wishes to redeem it shall pay one fifth more than the price thus established, and then it will again belong to that individual.
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A person dedicating a field who then wishes to redeem it shall pay one fifth more than the price thus established, and so reclaim it.
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If, instead of redeeming such a field, one sells it to another, it may no longer be redeemed;
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But if it is an unclean animal, it may be redeemed by paying one fifth more than its value. If it is not redeemed, it shall be sold at its value.
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Note, also, that any possession which someone puts under the ban for the Lord, whether it is a human being, an animal, or a hereditary field, shall be neither sold nor redeemed; everything that is put under the ban becomes most holy to the Lord.
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All human beings that are put under the ban cannot be redeemed; they must be put to death.
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If someone wishes to redeem any of the tithes, the person shall pay one fifth more than their value.
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It shall not matter whether good ones or bad ones are thus chosen, and no exchange may be made. If any exchange is made, both the original animal and its substitute become sacred and cannot be redeemed.