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‏ Leviticus 25

CHAPTER 25 A Sabbath Rest for the Land

1 And the lord spoke to Moses on mount Sinai, saying, 2 Speak to the sons of Israel! And you shall say to them, Whenever you should enter into the land which I give to you, then [³shall rest ¹the ²land] a Sabbath to the lord. 3 Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall trim your grapevine, and you shall bring together its fruit. 4 But the [²year ¹seventh ⁴a Sabbath ⁵rest ³will be] in the land -- a Sabbath to the lord. [³your field ¹You shall not ²sow] and [³your grapevine ¹you shall not ²trim], 5 and the [²by itself ¹produce ascending] in your field you shall not reap up, and the grape of your sanctification you shall not gather in the vintage; a year's rest will be for the land. 6 And [⁵will be ¹the ²Sabbath ³of the ⁴land] foods to you, and to your children, and to your maidservant, and to your hireling, and to the sojourner lying near to you, 7 and to your cattle, and to the beasts in your land [³shall be ¹all ²of its produce] for food. 8 And you shall count out to yourself seven rests of years, seven years seven times. And they will be to you seven periods of seven of years, nine and forty years.

The Fiftieth Year Release

9 And you shall declare by trumpet sound in all your land, in the [²month ¹seventh], the tenth of the month. In the day of making an atonement -- you shall declare by trumpet in all your land. 10 And you shall sanctify the year -- the fiftieth year; and you shall proclaim forth a release upon the land to all the ones dwelling it. A year of release [³indication ²its ¹will be] to you. And you shall go forth each to his possession, and [²each ³to ⁴his family ¹you shall go forth]. 11 [²of release ¹This indication], the year, the fiftieth year will be to you. You shall not sow, nor in any way shall you reap the produce [³self ¹ascending ²by its]; and you shall not gather the vintage, the things having been sanctified of it. 12 For [³of release ²an indication ¹it is]; it shall be holy to you. From the fields you shall eat its produce. 13 In the year of the release, the indication of it, [²shall return back ¹each] unto his possession. 14 And if you should render a sale to your neighbor, or if you should acquire by your neighbor, let not [²afflict ¹a man] his neighbor! 15 According to the number of years after the indication shall you acquire land from your neighbor, and according to the number of years left of the produce shall he sell to you. 16 In so far as there might be many of the years, he shall multiply the value of his possession; and in so far as there might be less of the years, he shall lessen the value of his possession; for by number of the produce years left shall he sell to you. 17 Let not [²afflict ¹a man] his neighbor! And you shall fear the lord your God. I am the lord your God. 18 And you shall observe all my ordinances, and all my judgments. And you shall keep, and you shall observe them. And you shall dwell upon the land complying. 19 And [³shall give ¹the ²land] its resources, and you shall eat in fullness, and you shall dwell complying upon it. 20 And if you should say, What shall we eat in [²year ¹this seventh] if we do not sow, and we do not gather in our produce? 21 Then I will send my blessing to you in the [²year ¹sixth], and the land shall produce its produce for the three years. 22 And you shall sow the [²year ¹eighth], and you shall eat of the [²produce ¹old] until the [²year ¹ninth]. Until whenever [²should come ¹its produce], you shall eat old produce of the old.

Laws Regarding Ransoms

23 And the land shall not be sold for security; [⁵mine ¹for ⁴is ²the ³earth], because [³foreigners ⁴and ⁵sojourners ¹you ²are] before me. 24 And according to all the land of your possession [²ransoms ¹you shall give] for the land. 25 But if [⁴should be in need ¹your brother ²with ³you], and should have sold part of his possession, and [⁵should come ¹the one ²acting as next of kin ³being near ⁴to him], then he shall ransom the sale of his brother. 26 But if there might not be any acting as next of kin, and later he should be well-provided in the hand, and he should find himself fit for his ransoms, 27 then he shall reckon the years of his sale, and shall give back the superior amount to the man to whom he sold it, and he shall return back to his possession. 28 But if [³should not be well-provided ¹his ²hand] with the thing fit so as to repay him, then [²will be ¹his sale property] to the one acquiring it until the year of the release; and it shall go forth in the release; then he shall go return to his possession. 29 But if any should sell a house inhabited in a city being walled, then there shall be the ransoming of it, until the time should be fulfilled, a year of days will be the time of ransoming of it. 30 But if it should not be ransomed until [³should be fulfilled ²year ¹the entire], [⁹shall be validated ¹the ²house ³being ⁴in ⁵the ⁶city ⁷having ⁸a wall] firmly to the one acquiring it, unto his generations, and it shall not go forth in the release. 31 But the houses, the ones in properties, ones in which there is not among them a wall round about, [²belonging to ³the ⁴field ⁵of the ⁶land ¹they shall be considered] -- ransomable always they shall be. And in the release they shall go forth. 32 And the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities in their possession, [³ransomable ²always ¹shall be] to the Levites. 33 And what ever should be ransomed by of the Levites, then [⁶shall go forth ¹the ²sale ³of houses ⁴of the city ⁵of their possession] unto the release. For the houses of the cities of the Levites -- this is their possession in the midst of the sons of Israel. 34 And the fields, the ones being separated in their cities shall not be sold, for [⁵possession ⁴eternal ¹this ³their ²is]. 35 And if [⁵should be in need ¹your brother ²who is ³with ⁴you], and he shall be powerless in the hands with you; you shall take hold of him, [⁵as ⁶a foreigner ⁷and ⁸a sojourner ¹and ²he shall live ³with ⁴you]. 36 You shall not take [²from ³him ¹interest], nor for an amount. And you shall fear your God, and [²shall live ¹your brother] with you. 37 Your money you shall not give to him with interest due; and with usury you shall not give to him of your foods. 38 I am the lord your God, the one leading you from out of the land of Egypt, to give to you the land of Canaan, so as to be your God.

Laws Regarding Servants

39 And if [²should be humbled ¹your brother] by you, and should be sold to you, he shall not serve you in the slavery of a servant. 40 [²as ³a hireling ⁴or ⁵a sojourner ¹He shall be] to you until the year of the release -- thus he shall work for you; 41 and he shall go forth in the release from you himself, and his children with him. And he shall go unto his family; unto the possession of his father he shall run. 42 Because [²my servants ¹these are] whom I led out of the land of Egypt. They shall not be sold in a sale of a domestic servant. 43 You shall not violently strain him in his trouble, and you shall fear your God. 44 And a boy and a girl, as many as should be to you from the nations, as many as [²round about ³you ¹there are] -- from them you shall acquire a manservant and a maidservant. 45 And from the sons of the sojourners being among you -- from these you shall acquire, and from their relatives of the ones with you; as many as happen to be in your land, let them be to you for a possession! 46 And you shall divide them to your children after you. And they shall be to you possessions unto the eon. But of your brethren of the sons of Israel, each concerning his brother shall not violently strain him in his troubles. 47 And if wealth should find in the hand of the foreigner or the sojourner living by you, and [²being in distress ¹your brother] should be sold to the foreigner or to the sojourner living by you, or to [²by birth ¹a foreigner]; 48 after his being sold, there shall be a ransoming to him -- one of his brethren shall ransom him. 49 A brother of his father, or a son [²brother ¹of his father's] shall ransom him; or one of the members of the family of his flesh of his tribe shall ransom him. And if being well-provided in his hands, he shall ransom himself. 50 And he shall reckon together with the one acquiring him from the year of which he sold himself to him until the year of the release. And [⁴will be ¹the ²money ³of his sale] as the day of a hireling. Year to year he will be with him. 51 And if to any [²many surplus ³years ¹there might be], for these he shall render his ransoms of the money of his sale. 52 And if few should be left behind of the years to the year of the release, then he shall reckon to him according to his years, and shall render his ransoms. 53 As a hireling, year to year he shall be with him. You shall not violently strain him in his trouble before you. 54 And if he should not pay ransom according to these things, then he shall go forth in the year of the release; he and his children with him. 55 For to me the sons of Israel are servants; [³of my children ¹these ²are], whom I led from out of the land of Egypt. I am the lord your God.