And the LORD spake
unto Moses
in mount
Sinai
, saying
,
Speak unto the children
of Israel
, and say
unto them, When ye come
into the land
which I give
you, then shall the land
keep
a sabbath
unto the LORD
.
Six years
thou shalt sow
thy field
, and six
years
thou shalt prune
thy vineyard
, and gather
in the fruit
thereof;
But in the seventh year
shall be a sabbath
of rest
unto the land
, a sabbath
for the LORD
: thou shalt neither sow
thy field
, nor prune
thy vineyard
.
That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest
thou shalt not reap
, neither gather
the grapes
of thy vine undressed
: for it is a year
of rest
unto the land
.
And the sabbath of the land
shall be meat
for you; for thee, and for thy servant
, and for thy maid
, and for thy hired servant
, and for thy stranger
that sojourneth
with thee,
And for thy cattle, and for the beast
that are in thy land
, shall all the increase
thereof be meat
.
And thou shalt number seven
sabbaths
of years
unto thee, seven
times
seven
years
; and the space
of the seven
sabbaths
of years
shall be unto thee forty
and nine
years
.
Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile
to sound
on the tenth
day of the seventh
month
, in the day
of atonement
shall ye make the trumpet
sound
throughout all your land
.
And ye shall hallow the fiftieth
year
, and proclaim
liberty
throughout all the land
unto all the inhabitants
thereof: it shall be a jubile
unto you; and ye shall return
every man
unto his possession
, and ye shall return
every man
unto his family
.
A jubile shall that fiftieth
year
be unto you: ye shall not sow
, neither reap
that which groweth
of itself in it, nor gather
the grapes in it of thy vine undressed
.
For it is the jubile; it shall be holy
unto you: ye shall eat
the increase
thereof out of the field
.
In the year of this jubile
ye shall return
every man
unto his possession
.
And if thou sell ought
unto thy neighbour
, or buyest
ought of thy neighbour's
hand
, ye shall not oppress
one
another
:
According to the number of years
after
the jubile
thou shalt buy
of thy neighbour
, and according unto the number
of years
of the fruits
he shall sell
unto thee:
According to the multitude
of years
thou shalt increase
the price
thereof, and according
to the fewness
of years
thou shalt diminish
the price
of it: for according to the number
of the years of the fruits
doth he sell
unto thee.
Ye shall not therefore oppress one
another
; but thou shalt fear
thy God
: for I am the LORD
your God
.
Wherefore ye shall do my statutes
, and keep
my judgments
, and do
them; and ye shall dwell
in the land
in safety
.
And the land shall yield
her fruit
, and ye shall eat
your fill
, and dwell
therein in safety
.
And if ye shall say, What shall we eat
the seventh
year
? behold, we shall not sow
, nor gather
in our increase
:
Then I will command my blessing
upon you in the sixth
year
, and it shall bring forth
fruit
for three
years
.
And ye shall sow the eighth
year
, and eat
yet of old
fruit
until the ninth
year
; until her fruits
come in
ye shall eat
of the old
store .
The land shall not be sold
for ever
: for the land
is mine; for ye are strangers
and sojourners
with me.
And in all the land of your possession
ye shall grant
a redemption
for the land
.
If thy brother be waxen poor
, and hath sold
away some of his possession
, and if any of his kin
come
to redeem
it, then shall he redeem
that which his brother
sold
.
And if the man have none to redeem
it, and himself
be able
to redeem
it;
Then let him count the years
of the sale
thereof, and restore
the overplus
unto the man
to whom he sold
it; that he may return
unto his possession
.
But if he be not able
to restore
it to him, then that which is sold
shall remain in the hand
of him that hath bought
it until the year
of jubile
: and in the jubile
it shall go out
, and he shall return
unto his possession
.
And if a man sell
a dwelling
house
in a walled
city
, then he may redeem
it within a whole
year
after it is sold
; within a full year
may he redeem
it.
And if it be not redeemed within the space
of a full
year
, then the house
that is in the walled
city
shall be established
for ever
to him that bought
it throughout his generations
: it shall not go out
in the jubile
.
But the houses of the villages
which have no wall
round about
them shall be counted
as the fields
of the country
: they may be redeemed
, and they shall go out
in the jubile
.
Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites
, and the houses
of the cities
of their possession
, may the Levites
redeem
at any time
.
And if a man purchase of the Levites
, then the house
that was sold
, and the city
of his possession
, shall go out
in the year of jubile
: for the houses
of the cities
of the Levites
are their possession
among
the children
of Israel
.
But the field of the suburbs
of their cities
may not be sold
; for it is their perpetual
possession
.
And if thy brother be waxen poor
, and fallen in decay
with thee
; then thou shalt relieve
him: yea, though he be a stranger
, or a sojourner
; that he may live
with thee.
Take thou no usury
of him, or increase
: but fear
thy God
; that thy brother
may live
with thee.
Thou shalt not give him thy money
upon usury
, nor lend
him thy victuals
for increase
.
I am the LORD your God
, which brought you forth
out of the land
of Egypt
, to give
you the land
of Canaan
, and to be your God
.
And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor
, and be sold
unto thee; thou shalt not compel
him to serve
as a bondservant
:
But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner
, he shall be with thee, and shall serve
thee unto the year
of jubile
:
And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children
with him, and shall return
unto his own family
, and unto the possession
of his fathers
shall he return
.
For they are my servants, which I brought forth
out of the land
of Egypt
: they shall not be sold
as
bondmen
.
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour
; but shalt fear
thy God
.
Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids
, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen
that are round about
you; of them shall ye buy
bondmen
and bondmaids
.
Moreover of the children of the strangers
that do sojourn
among you, of them shall ye buy
, and of their families
that are with you, which they begat
in your land
: and they shall be your possession
.
And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children
after
you, to inherit
them for a possession
; they shall be your bondmen
for ever
: but over your brethren
the children
of Israel
, ye shall not rule
one
over another
with rigour
.
And if a sojourner or stranger
wax rich
by thee
, and thy brother
that dwelleth by him wax poor
, and sell
himself unto the stranger
or sojourner
by thee, or to the stock
of the stranger's
family
:
After that he is sold
he may be redeemed again
; one
of his brethren
may redeem
him:
Either his uncle, or his uncle's
son
, may redeem
him, or any that is nigh
of kin
unto him of his family
may redeem
him; or if he be able
, he may redeem
himself
.
And he shall reckon with him that bought
him from the year
that he was sold
to him unto the year
of jubile
: and the price
of his sale
shall be according unto the number
of years
, according to the time
of an hired servant
shall it be with him.
If there be yet many years
behind , according
unto them he shall give again
the price of his redemption
out of the money
that he was bought
for.
And if there remain but few
years
unto the year
of jubile
, then he shall count
with him, and according
unto his years
shall he give him again
the price of his redemption
.
And as a yearly hired servant
shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule
with rigour
over him in thy sight
.
And if he be not redeemed in these years , then he shall go out
in the year
of jubile
, both he, and his children
with him.
For unto me the children of Israel
are servants
; they are my servants
whom I brought forth
out of the land
of Egypt
: I am the LORD
your God
.