Chapter 25

And the LORD spake¹⁷ unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,²

Speak¹⁶ unto the children of Israel, and say¹ unto them, When ye come⁴ into the land which I give⁶ you, then shall the land keep¹ a sabbath unto the LORD.

Six years thou shalt sow⁴ thy field, and six years thou shalt prune⁴ thy vineyard, and gather¹ 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 sow⁴ thy field, nor prune⁴ thy vineyard.

That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap,⁴ neither gather⁴ 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 sojourneth⁶ with thee,

And for thy cattle, and for the beast that [are] in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.²

And thou shalt number¹ 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 sound⁵² on the tenth [day] of the seventh month, ²³²⁰ in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound⁵⁵ throughout all your land.

And ye shall hallow¹⁴ the fiftieth year, and proclaim¹ liberty throughout [all] the land unto all the inhabitants⁶ thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return¹ every man unto his possession, and ye shall return⁴ every man unto his family.

A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow,⁴ neither reap⁴ that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather⁴ [the grapes] in it of thy vine undressed.

For it [is] the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat⁴ the increase thereof out of the field.

In the year of this jubile ye shall return⁴ every man unto his possession.

And if thou sell⁴ ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest² [ought] of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress⁵⁵ one another:

According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy⁴ of thy neighbour, [and] according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell⁴ unto thee:

According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase⁵⁵ the price thereof, and according to the fewness² of years thou shalt diminish⁵⁵ the price of it: for [according] to the number [of the years] of the fruits doth he sell⁶ unto thee.

Ye shall not therefore oppress⁵⁵ one another; but thou shalt fear¹ thy God: for I [am] the LORD your God.

Wherefore ye shall do¹ my statutes, and keep⁴ my judgments, and do¹ them; and ye shall dwell¹ in the land in safety.

And the land shall yield¹ her fruit, and ye shall eat¹ your fill, and dwell¹ therein in safety.

And if ye shall say,⁴ What shall we eat⁴ the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow,⁴ nor gather⁴ in our increase:

Then I will command¹⁴ my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth¹ fruit for three years.

And ye shall sow¹ the eighth year, and eat¹ [yet] of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in² ye shall eat⁴ [of] the old [store].

The land shall not be sold¹¹ 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 grant⁴ a redemption for the land.

If thy brother be waxen poor,⁴ and hath sold¹ away [some] of his possession, and if any of his kin come¹ to redeem⁶ it, then shall he redeem¹ that which his brother sold.

And if the man have none to redeem⁶ it, and himself be able ^{5381 52} to redeem^{1 1353} it;

Then let him count¹⁴ the years of the sale thereof, and restore⁵² the overplus⁶ unto the man to whom he sold¹ it; that he may return¹ unto his possession.

But if he be not able to restore^{1 7725 53} [it] to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought⁶ it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out,¹ and he shall return¹ unto his possession.

And if a man sell⁴ a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole² year after it is sold; [within] a full year may he redeem it.

And if it be not redeemed¹¹ within the space² of a full year, then the house that [is] in the walled city shall be established¹ for ever to him that bought⁶ it throughout his generations: it shall not go out⁴ in the jubile.

But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted¹¹ as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out⁴ 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 purchase⁴ of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out¹ 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;¹¹ for it [is] their perpetual possession.

And if thy brother be waxen poor,⁴ and fallen in decay¹ with thee; then thou shalt relieve⁵² him: [yea, though he be] a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.

Take⁴ thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear¹ thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.

Thou shalt not give⁴ him thy money upon usury, nor lend⁴ him thy victuals for increase.

I [am] the LORD your God, which brought you forth⁵² out of the land of Egypt, to give² you the land of Canaan, [and] to be your God.

And if thy brother [that dwelleth] by thee be waxen poor,⁴ and be sold⁸ unto thee; thou shalt not compel⁴ him to serve as a bondservant:

[But] as an hired servant, [and] as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, [and] shall serve⁴ thee unto the year of jubile:

And [then] shall he depart¹ from thee, [both] he and his children with him, and shall return¹ unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.⁴

For they [are] my servants, which I brought forth⁵² out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold¹¹ as bondmen.

Thou shalt not rule⁴ over him with rigour; but shalt fear¹ 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 buy⁴ bondmen and bondmaids.

Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn⁶ among you, of them shall ye buy,⁴ and of their families that [are] with you, which they begat⁵² in your land: and they shall be your possession.

And ye shall take them as an inheritance⁹⁸ for your children after you, to inherit² [them for] a possession; they shall be your bondmen⁴ for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule⁴ one over another with rigour.

And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich ^{5381 55} by thee, and thy brother [that dwelleth] by him wax poor,⁶ and sell⁸ himself unto the stranger [or] sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:

After that he is sold⁸ he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem⁴ him:

Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem⁴ him, or [any] that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem⁴ him; or if he be able, ^{5381 52} he may redeem⁸ himself.

And he shall reckon¹⁴ with him that bought⁶ him from the year that he was sold⁹ 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 again⁵⁵ the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.

And if there remain⁸ but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count¹⁴ with him, [and] according unto his years shall he give him again⁵⁵ the price of his redemption.

[And] as a yearly ⁸¹⁴¹ hired servant shall he be with him: [and the other] shall not rule⁴ with rigour over him in thy sight.

And if he be not redeemed¹¹ in these [years], then he shall go out¹ 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 forth⁵² out of the land of Egypt: I [am] the LORD your God.