Leviticus:25

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* And the Lorde spake vnto Moses in mount Sinai , saying , * Speake vnto the children of Israel , and say vnto them , When ye shall come into the lande which I giue you , the lande shall keepe Sabbath vnto the Lorde . * * But the seuenth yeere shalbe a Sabbath of rest vnto the lande : it shall be the Lordes Sabbath : thou shalt neither sowe thy fielde , nor cut thy vineyarde . * That which groweth of its (note :)Because of the corn that fell out of the ears the previous year .(:note ) own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap , neither gather the grapes of thy vine Or , which you have separated from yourself , and consecrated to God for the poor . undressed : [for ] it is a year of rest unto the land . * And the (note :)That which the land brings forth in her rest .(:note ) 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 cattell , and for the beastes that are in thy lande shall all the encrease thereof be meate . * Also thou shalt number seuen Sabbaths of yeeres vnto thee , euen seuen times seuen yeere : and the space of the seuen Sabbaths of yeeres will be vnto thee nine and fourtie yeere . * * And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year , and proclaim liberty throughout [all ] the land unto all the (note :)Which were in bondage .(:note ) inhabitants thereof : it shall be a jubile unto you ; and ye shall return every man unto his Because the tribes should neither have their possessions diminished nor confounded . possession , and ye shall return every man unto his family . * This fiftieth yeere shalbe a yeere of Iubile vnto you : ye shall not sowe , neither reape that which groweth of it selfe , neither gather the grapes thereof , that are left vnlaboured . * For it is the Iubile , it shall be holy vnto you : ye shall eate of the encrease thereof out of the fielde . * In the yeere of this Iubile , ye shall returne euery man vnto his possession . * And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour , or buyest [ought ] of thy neighbour 's hand , ye shall (note :)By deceit , or otherwise .(:note ) not oppress one another : * According to the number of (note :)If the Jubile to come is near , you would be better to sell cheaply . If it is far off , sell at a higher price .(:note ) 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 (note :)And not the full possession of the land .(:note ) fruits doth he sell unto thee . * Oppresse not ye therefore any man his neighbour , but thou shalt feare thy God : for I am the Lorde your God . * Wherefore ye shall obey mine ordinances , and keepe my lawes , and do them , and ye shall dwell in the land in safetie . * And the lande shall giue her fruite , and ye shall eate your fill , and dwell therein in safetie . * And if ye shall say , What shall we eate the seuenth yeere , for we shall not sowe , nor gather in our increase ? * I will sende my blessing vpon you in the sixt yeere , and it shall bring foorth fruite for three yeeres . * And ye shall sowe the eight yeere , &amp ; eate of the olde fruite vntill the ninth yeere : vntill the fruite thereof come , ye shall eate the olde . * The land shall not be sold (note :)It could not be sold for ever , but must return to the family in the Jubile .(:note ) 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 (note :)You shall sell it on the condition that it may be redeemed .(:note ) grant a redemption for the land . * If thy brother be impouerished , and sell his possession , then his redeemer shall come , euen his neere kinsman , and bye out that which his brother solde . * And if he haue no redeemer , but hath gotten and founde to bye it out , * Then let him (note :)Deducting money for the years past , and paying for the rest of the years to come .(:note ) 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 (note :)From his hand that bought it .(:note ) out , and he shall return unto his possession . * Likewise if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled citie , he may bye it out againe within a whole yeere after it is solde : within a yeere may he bye it out . * 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 (note :)That is , for ever , read ( Lev_25:23 ).(:note ) for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations : it shall not go out in the jubile . * But the houses of villages , which haue no walles round about them , shalbe esteemed as the fielde of the countrey : they may be bought out againe , and shall goe out in the Iubile . * Notwithstanding , the cities of the Leuites , and the houses of the cities of their possession , may the Leuites redeeme at all seasons . * And if a man purchase of the Leuites , the house that was solde , and the citie of their possession shall goe out in the Iubile : for the houses of the cities of the Leuites are their possession among the children of Israel . * But the field of the (note :)Where the Levites kept their cattle .(:note ) suburbs of their cities may not be sold ; for it [is ] their perpetual possession . * And if thy brother be waxen poor , and (note :)In Hebrew it is , if his hand shake : meaning if he stretch forth his hand for help as one in misery .(:note ) 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 . * Thou shalt take no vsurie of him , nor vantage , but thou shalt feare thy God , that thy brother may liue with thee . * Thou shalt not giue him thy money to vsurie , nor lende him thy vitailes for increase . * I am the Lorde your God , which haue brought you out of the lande of Egypt , to giue you the lande of Canaan , and to be your God . * If thy brother also that dwelleth by thee , be impouerished , and be sold vnto thee , thou shalt not compel him to serue as a bond seruant , * But as an hired seruant , and as a soiourner he shalbe with thee : he shall serue thee vnto the yeere of the Iubile . * Then shall he depart from thee , both hee , and his children with him , and shall returne vnto his familie , and vnto the possession of his fathers shall he returne : * For they [are ] my servants , which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt : they shall not (note :)To perpetual servitude .(:note ) be sold as bondmen . * Thou shalt not rule ouer him cruelly , but shalt feare thy God . * Thy bond seruant also , &amp ; thy bond maid , which thou shalt haue , shalbe of the heathen that are rounde about you : of them shall ye bye seruants and maydes . * 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 (note :)For they shall not be bought out at the Jubile .(:note ) possession . * So ye shall take them as inheritance for your children after you , to possesse them by inheritance , ye shall vse their labours for euer : but ouer your brethren the children of Israel ye shall not rule one ouer another with crueltie . * If a soiourner or a stranger dwelling by thee get riches , &amp ; thy brother by him be impouerished , and sell him selfe vnto the stranger or soiourner dwelling by thee , or to the stocke of the strangers familie , * After that he is solde , he may be bought out : one of his brethren may bye him out , * 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 (note :)If he be able .(:note ) 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 (note :)Which remains yet to the Jubile .(:note ) years , according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him . * If there be many yeeres behind , according to them he shall giue againe for his deliuerance , of the money that he was bought for . * If there remaine but fewe yeeres vnto the yeere of Iubile , then he shall count with him , and according to his yeeres giue againe for 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 (note :)You shall not allow him to treat him severely , if you know it .(:note ) sight . * And if he be not redeemed thus , he shal go out in the yeere of Iubile , he , and his children with him . * For vnto me the children of Israel are seruants : they are my seruants , who I haue brought out of the land of Egypt : I am ye Lord your God .

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