LEVITICUS 25



14 (Lev 19:13; 25:17) If you sell anything to your neighbor or buy anything

from your neighbor, you shall not oppress one another.

15 According to the number of years after the Jubilee you shall pay your

neighbor, and according to the number of years of the crops

he shall sell to you.

16 According to the increase of years you shall increase the price,

and according to the decrease of years you shall diminish the price of it.

For he shall sell to you according to the number of years of crops.

17 (Lev 19:14; 19:32) You shall not therefore oppress one another,

but you shall fear your God. For I am the Lord your God.

18 (Dt 12:10; Jer 23:6) Therefore you shall do My statutes,

and keep My decrees, and do them, and you shall dwell securely in the land.

19 (Lev 26:5; Ps 85:12) The land shall yield its fruit, and you shall eat

your fill and live securely in it.

20 (Lev 25:4; Lk 12:29) If you shall say, "What shall we eat in the seventh

year, if we shall not sow nor gather in our crop?"

21 (Dt 28:8) then I will command My blessing upon

22 (Lev 26:10; 2Ki 19:29) You shall sow in the eighth year,

and eat yet of old crops until the ninth year until its crops come in for you.



[14] And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy

neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:

[15] 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:

[16] 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.

[17] Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy

God: for I am the LORD your God.

[18] Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;

and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.

[19] And the land shall yield her fruit, and he shall eat your fill, and

dwell therein in safety.

[20] And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we

shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:

[21] Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it

shall bring forth fruit for three years.

[22] 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.



Redemption of Property



23 (1Ch 29:15; Ps 39:12) The land shall not be permanently sold,

for the land is Mine. For you are foreigners and sojourners with

24 In all the land of your possession

you shall grant a redemption for the land.

25 (Ru 2:20; 3:9) If your brother becomes poor and has sold

some of his possession, then his nearest redeemer will come

to redeem it, and buy back that which his brother sold.

26 If the man has none to redeem it, but he himself is able to redeem it,

27 then let him count the years since the sale and pay back the balance

to the man to whom he sold it, so that he may return to his property.

28 But if he is not able to restore it to himself,

then that which he sold shall remain in the hand of him who has bought it

until the Year of Jubilee, and in the Jubilee it shall be released,

and he shall return to his possession.

29 If a man sells a house in a walled city, then he may redeem

it within a year after it is sold, within a full year he may have

the right to buy it back.

30 If it is not redeemed within the time of a full year,

then the house that is in the walled city shall be given

permanently to him who bought it throughout his generations.

It shall not be returned in the Jubilee.

31 But the houses of the villages that have no wall around them

shall be counted as the fields of the land. They may be redeemed,

and they shall be returned in the Jubilee.

32 For the cities of the Levites, they may redeem at any time

the houses in the cities that they possess.

33 If a Levite purchases back the house that was sold in the city

of his possession, then it shall be returned in the Jubilee.

For the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession

among the children of Israel.

34 (Lev 25:23; Ac 4:36-37) But the fields of the land of their

cities may not be sold, for they are their perpetual possession.



[23] The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are

strangers and sojourners with me.

[24] And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for

the land.

[25] 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.

[26] And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem

it;

[27] 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.

[28] 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.

[29] 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.

[30] 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.

[31] 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.

[32] Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities

of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.

[33] 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.

[34] But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is

their perpetual possession.



Helping the Poor



35 (Dt 15:7-8; Ps 37:26) If your brother becomes poor

and cannot maintain himself with you,

then you shall support him as if he were a foreigner or a sojourner,

so that he may live with you.

36 (Ex 22:25; Dt 23:19-20) Take no usury or interest from him;

but fear your God, so that your brother may live with you.

37 You shall not lend him your money at interest,

nor lend him your food for profit.

38 (Lev 11:45; 22:32-33) I am the Lord your God,

who brought you out of the land of Egypt,

to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.



[35] 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.

[36] Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy

brother may live with thee.

[37] Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals

for increase.

[38] 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.



The Law About Slavery



39 (Ex 21:2; 1Ki 9:22; Lev 25:46) If your brother who dwells near you

becomes poor and sells himself to you, you shall not compel him to serve

as a bondservant.

40 But as a hired servant and as a sojourner he shall be with you.

He shall serve you until the Year of Jubilee.

41 (Lev 25:28; Ex 21:3) And then he shall depart from you,

both he and his children with him,

and he shall return to his own family

and to the possession of his fathers.

42 (Lev 25:55; Ro 6:22) For they are My servants,

whom I brought out of the land of Egypt.

They shall not be sold as slaves.

43 (Col 4:1; Ex 1:13-14) You shall not rule over him with harshness,

but you shall fear your God.

44 Both your male and female slaves, whom you may have,

they shall be bought from the nations that are around you.

45 Moreover of the foreigners who sojourn among you

and of their families who are with you, who were born in your land,

you may also buy from them, and they may be your possession.

46 You may take them as an inheritance for your children after you,

for their possession. They shall be your slaves forever.

But over your brothers, the children of Israel,

you shall not rule over one another with rigor.

47 If a sojourner or foreigner becomes rich by you,

and your brother who dwells beside him becomes poor

and sells himself to the foreigner or sojourner with you,

or to a member of the stranger's family,

48 (Ne 5:5) then after he is sold he may be redeemed

One of his brothers may redeem him,

49 (Lev 25:26) or either his uncle or his cousin may redeem him,

or any who is near of kin to him of his family may redeem him.

Or if he is able, he may redeem himself.

50 (Isa 16:14; 21:16) He shall calculate with him who bought him

from the year that he was sold to the Year of Jubilee,

and the price of his sale shall be accordi

51 If there are still many years left until the Jubilee,

he shall pay the price proportionately for his redemption

as some of the price that he was bought for.

52 If there remain but a few years until the Year of Jubilee,

then he shall calculate and pay the price proportionately

for his redemption according to his years of service.

53 As a yearly hired servant he shall be treated,

and the other shall not rule harshly over him in your sight.

54 (Ex 21:2-3) If he is not redeemed in these years,

then he shall go out in the Year of Jubilee,

both he and his children with him.

55 (Lev 25:42) For to Me the children of Israel are servants.

They are My servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt:

I am the Lord your God.



[39] 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:

[40] But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and

shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:

[41] 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.

[42] For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of

Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.

[43] Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

[44] 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.

[45] 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.

[46] 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.

[47] 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:

[48] After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may

redeem him:

[49] 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.

[50] 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.

[51] 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.

[52] 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.

[53] And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall

not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.

[54] 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.

[55] 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.