The LORD then spoke
to Moses
1at Mount
Sinai
, saying
,
"Speak to the sons
of Israel
and say
to them, `When
you come
into the land
which
I shall give
you, then the land
shall have
a sabbath
to the LORD
.
` aSix years
you shall sow
your field
, and six
years
you shall prune
your vineyard
and gather
in its crop
,
but during athe seventh year
the land
shall have
a sabbath
rest
, a sabbath
to the LORD
; you shall not sow
your field
nor
prune
your vineyard
.
`Your harvest's 1aftergrowth
you shall not reap
, and your grapes
of untrimmed
vines
you shall not gather
; the land
shall have
a sabbatical
year
.
` aAll of you shall have the sabbath
products of the land
for food
; yourself, and your male
and female
slaves
, and your hired
man
and your foreign
resident
, those who live
as aliens
with you.
`Even your cattle and the animals
that are in your land
shall have
all
its crops
to eat
.
`You are also to count off seven
sabbaths
of years
for yourself, seven
times
seven
years
, so that you have
the time
of the seven
sabbaths
of years
, namely, forty-nine
years
.
`You shall then sound a ram's
horn
abroad on athe tenth
day of the seventh
month
; on the day
of atonement
you shall sound
a horn
all
through your land
.
`You shall thus consecrate the fiftieth
year
and aproclaim
1a release
through the land
to all
its inhabitants
. It shall be a jubilee
for you, 2and beach
of you shall return
to his own property
, 2and each
of you shall return
to his family
.
`You shall have the fiftieth
year
as a jubilee
; you shall not sow
, nor
reap
its aftergrowth
, nor
gather
in from its untrimmed
vines
.
`For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy
to you. You shall eat
its crops
out of the field
.
` aOn this year
of jubilee
each
of you shall return
to his own property
.
`If you make
a sale
, moreover, to your friend
or
buy
from your friend's
hand
, ayou shall not wrong
one
another
.
`Corresponding to the number of years
after
the jubilee
, you shall buy
from your 1friend
; he is to sell
to you according to the number
of years
of crops
.
` aIn proportion to the 1extent
of the years
you shall increase
its price
, and in proportion
to the fewness
of the years
you shall diminish
its price
, for it is a number
of crops
he is selling
to you.
`So ayou shall not wrong one
another
, but you shall 1fear
your God
; for I am the LORD
your God
.
`You shall thus observe My statutes
and keep
My judgments
, so as to carry
them out, that ayou may live
securely
on the land
.
`Then the land will yield
its produce
, so that you can eat
your fill
and live
securely
on it.
`But if you say
, " aWhat
are we going to eat
on the seventh
year
1if
we do not sow
or gather
in our crops
?"
then aI will so order My blessing
for you in the sixth
year
that it will bring
forth
the crop
for three
years
.
`When you are sowing the eighth
year
, you can still eat
aold
things
from the crop
, eating
the old until
the ninth
year
when
its crop
comes
in.
`The land, moreover, shall not be sold
permanently
, for athe land
is Mine; for byou are but aliens
and sojourners
with Me.
`Thus for every 1piece
of your property
, you are to provide
for the redemption
of the land
.
` aIf a 1fellow
countryman
of yours becomes
so poor
he has to sell
part of his property
, then his nearest
kinsman
is to come
and buy
back
what
his 1relative
has sold
.
`Or in case a man
has
no
kinsman
, but so 1recovers
his means
as to find
sufficient
for its redemption
,
athen 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
.
`But if 1he 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 2revert
, that ahe may return
to his property
.
`Likewise, if a man
sells
a dwelling
house
in a walled
city
, then his redemption
right
remains
valid until
a full
year
from its sale
; his right
of redemption
lasts
a full
year
.
`But if it is not bought
back
for him within
the space
of a full
year
, then the house
that is in the walled
city
passes
permanently
to its purchaser
throughout his generations
; it does not 1revert
in the jubilee
.
`The houses of the villages
, however, which
have
no
surrounding
wall
shall be considered
1as open
fields
; they have
redemption
rights
and 2revert
in the jubilee
.
`As for acities of the Levites
, the Levites
have
a permanent
right
of redemption
for the houses
of the cities
which are their possession
.
`What, therefore, 1belongs
to the Levites
may be redeemed
and a house
sale
2in the city
of this possession
3reverts
in the jubilee
, for the houses
of the cities
of the Levites
are their possession
among
the sons
of Israel
.
` aBut pasture fields
of their cities
shall not be sold
, for that is their perpetual
possession
.
` aNow in case a 1countryman
of yours becomes
poor
and his 2means
with regard
to you falter
, then you are to sustain
him, like a stranger
or a sojourner
, that he may live
with you.
` aDo not take 1usurious
interest
from him, but revere
your God
, that your 2countryman
may live
with you.
`You shall not give him your silver
at interest
, nor
your food
for gain
.
` aI am the LORD your God
, who
brought
you out of the land
of Egypt
to give
you the land
of Canaan
and bto be your God
.
` aIf a 1countryman
of yours becomes
so poor
with regard
to you that he sells
himself to you, you shall not subject
him to a slave's
service
.
`He shall be with you as a hired man
, as aif he were a sojourner
; he shall serve
with you until
the year
of jubilee
.
`He shall then go out from you, he and his sons
with him, and shall go
back
to his family
, that he may return
to the property
of his forefathers
.
`For they are My servants whom
I brought
out from the land
of Egypt
; they are not to be sold
in a slave
sale
.
` aYou shall not rule over him with severity
, but are to revere
your God
.
`As for your male and female
slaves
whom
you may have
--you may acquire
male
and female
slaves
from the pagan nations
that are around
you.
`Then, too, it is out of the sons
of the sojourners
who live
as aliens
among
you that you may gain
acquisition
, and out of their families
who
are with you, whom
they will have 1produced
in your land
; they also may become
your possession
.
`You may even bequeath them to your sons
after
you, to receive
as a possession
; you can use
them as permanent
slaves
. aBut in respect to your 1countrymen
, the sons
of Israel
, you shall not rule
with severity
over one
another
.
`Now if the 1means
of a stranger
or of a sojourner
with you becomes
sufficient
, and a 2countryman
of yours becomes
so poor
with regard
to him as to sell
himself to a stranger
who is sojourning
with you, or
to the descendants
of a stranger's
family
,
then he shall have redemption
right
after
he has been sold
. One
of his brothers
may redeem
him,
or his uncle
, or
his uncle's
son
, may redeem
him, or
one of his blood
relatives
from his family
may redeem
him; or
1 aif he prospers
, he may redeem
himself.
`He then with his purchaser shall calculate
from the year
when he sold
himself to him up to the year
of jubilee
; and the price
of his sale
shall correspond
to the number
of years
. It is like the days
of a hired
man
that he shall be with him.
`If there are still
many
years
, ahe shall refund
part of his purchase
price
in proportion
to them for his own redemption
;
and if few
years
remain
until
the year
of jubilee
, he shall so calculate
with him. In proportion
to his years
he is to refund
the amount for his redemption
.
`Like a man hired
year
by year
he shall be with him; ahe shall not rule
over him with severity
in your sight
.
`Even if he is not redeemed
by 1these
means, ahe shall still go
out in the year
of jubilee
, he and his sons
with him.
`For the sons of Israel
are My servants
; they are My servants
whom
I brought
out from the land
of Egypt
. I am the LORD
your God
.