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Leviticus 25 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:1 - And the LORD H3068 spake H1696 unto Moses H4872 in mount H2022 Sinai, H5514 saying, H559
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:2 - Speak H1696 unto the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 and say H559 unto them, When ye come H935 into the land H776 which I give H5414 you, then shall the land H776 keep H7673 a sabbath H7676 unto the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:3 - Six H8337 years H8141 thou shalt sow H2232 thy field, H7704 and six H8337 years H8141 thou shalt prune H2168 thy vineyard, H3754 and gather H622 in the fruit H8393 thereof;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:4 - But in the seventh H7637 year H8141 shall be a sabbath H7676 of rest H7677 unto the land, H776 a sabbath H7676 for the LORD: H3068 thou shalt neither sow H2232 thy field, H7704 nor prune H2168 thy vineyard. H3754
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:5 - That which groweth of its own accord H5599 of thy harvest H7105 thou shalt not reap, H7114 neither gather H1219 the grapes H6025 of thy vine undressed: H5139 for it is a year H8141 of rest H7677 unto the land. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:6 - And the sabbath H7676 of the land H776 shall be meat H402 for you; for thee, and for thy servant, H5650 and for thy maid, H519 and for thy hired servant, H7916 and for thy stranger H8453 that sojourneth H1481 with thee,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:7 - And for thy cattle, H929 and for the beast H2416 that are in thy land, H776 shall all the increase H8393 thereof be meat. H398
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:8 - And thou shalt number H5608 seven H7651 sabbaths H7676 of years H8141 unto thee, seven H7651 times H6471 seven H7651 years; H8141 and the space H3117 of the seven H7651 sabbaths H7676 of years H8141 shall be unto thee forty H705 and nine H8672 years. H8141
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:9 - Then shalt thou cause the trumpet H7782 of the jubile H8643 to sound H5674 on the tenth H6218 day of the seventh H7637 month, H2320 in the day H3117 of atonement H3725 shall ye make the trumpet H7782 sound H5674 throughout all your land. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:10 - And ye shall hallow H6942 the fiftieth H2572 H8141 year, H8141 and proclaim H7121 liberty H1865 throughout all the land H776 unto all the inhabitants H3427 thereof: it shall be a jubile H3104 unto you; and ye shall return H7725 every man H376 unto his possession, H272 and ye shall return H7725 every man H376 unto his family. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:11 - A jubile H3104 shall that fiftieth H2572 H8141 year H8141 be unto you: ye shall not sow, H2232 neither reap H7114 that which groweth H5599 of itself in it, nor gather H1219 the grapes in it of thy vine undressed. H5139
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:12 - For it is the jubile; H3104 it shall be holy H6944 unto you: ye shall eat H398 the increase H8393 thereof out of the field. H7704
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:13 - In the year H8141 of this jubile H3104 ye shall return H7725 every man H376 unto his possession. H272
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:14 - And if thou sell H4376 ought H4465 unto thy neighbour, H5997 or buyest H7069 ought of thy neighbour's H5997 hand, H3027 ye shall not oppress H3238 one H376 another: H251
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:15 - According to the number H4557 of years H8141 after H310 the jubile H3104 thou shalt buy H7069 of thy neighbour, H5997 and according unto the number H4557 of years H8141 of the fruits H8393 he shall sell H4376 unto thee:
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:16 - According H6310 to the multitude H7230 of years H8141 thou shalt increase H7235 the price H4736 thereof, and according H6310 to the fewness H4591 of years H8141 thou shalt diminish H4591 the price H4736 of it: for according to the number H4557 of the years of the fruits H8393 doth he sell H4376 unto thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:17 - Ye shall not therefore oppress H3238 one H376 another; H5997 but thou shalt fear H3372 thy God: H430 for I am the LORD H3068 your God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:18 - Wherefore ye shall do H6213 my statutes, H2708 and keep H8104 my judgments, H4941 and do H6213 them; and ye shall dwell H3427 in the land H776 in safety. H983
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:19 - And the land H776 shall yield H5414 her fruit, H6529 and ye shall eat H398 your fill, H7648 and dwell H3427 therein in safety. H983
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:20 - And if ye shall say, H559 What shall we eat H398 the seventh H7637 year? H8141 behold, we shall not sow, H2232 nor gather H622 in our increase: H8393
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:21 - Then I will command H6680 my blessing H1293 upon you in the sixth H8345 year, H8141 and it shall bring forth H6213 fruit H8393 for three H7969 years. H8141
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:22 - And ye shall sow H2232 the eighth H8066 year, H8141 and eat H398 yet of old H3465 fruit H8393 until the ninth H8671 year; H8141 until her fruits H8393 come in H935 ye shall eat H398 of the old H3465 store.

The Law of Redemption

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:23 - The land H776 shall not be sold H4376 for ever: H6783 for the land H776 is mine; for ye are strangers H1616 and sojourners H8453 with me.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:24 - And in all the land H776 of your possession H272 ye shall grant H5414 a redemption H1353 for the land. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:25 - If thy brother H251 be waxen poor, H4134 and hath sold H4376 away some of his possession, H272 and if any of his kin H7138 come H935 to redeem H1350 it, then shall he redeem H1350 that which his brother H251 sold. H4465
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:26 - And if the man H376 have none to redeem H1350 it, and himself H3027 be able H1767 H5381 to redeem H4672 H1353 it;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:27 - Then let him count H2803 the years H8141 of the sale H4465 thereof, and restore H7725 the overplus H5736 unto the man H376 to whom he sold H4376 it; that he may return H7725 unto his possession. H272
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:28 - But if he H3027 be not able H1767 to restore H4672 H7725 it to him, then that which is sold H4465 shall remain in the hand H3027 of him that hath bought H7069 it until the year H8141 of jubile: H3104 and in the jubile H3104 it shall go out, H3318 and he shall return H7725 unto his possession. H272
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:29 - And if a man H376 sell H4376 a dwelling H4186 house H1004 in a walled H2346 city, H5892 then he may redeem H1353 it within a whole H8552 year H8141 after it is sold; H4465 within a full year H3117 may he redeem H1353 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:30 - And if it be not redeemed H1350 within the space H4390 of a full H8549 year, H8141 then the house H1004 that is in the walled H2346 city H5892 shall be established H6965 for ever H6783 to him that bought H7069 it throughout his generations: H1755 it shall not go out H3318 in the jubile. H3104
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:31 - But the houses H1004 of the villages H2691 which have no wall H2346 round about H5439 them shall be counted H2803 as the fields H7704 of the country: H776 they may be redeemed, H1353 and they shall go out H3318 in the jubile. H3104
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:32 - Notwithstanding the cities H5892 of the Levites, H3881 and the houses H1004 of the cities H5892 of their possession, H272 may the Levites H3881 redeem H1353 at any time. H5769
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:33 - And if a man purchase H1350 of the Levites, H3881 then the house H1004 that was sold, H4465 and the city H5892 of his possession, H272 shall go out H3318 in the year of jubile: H3104 for the houses H1004 of the cities H5892 of the Levites H3881 are their possession H272 among H8432 the children H1121 of Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:34 - But the field H7704 of the suburbs H4054 of their cities H5892 may not be sold; H4376 for it is their perpetual H5769 possession. H272

Of Poor Countrymen

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:35 - And if thy brother H251 be waxen poor, H4134 and fallen in decay H4131 with thee; H3027 then thou shalt relieve H2388 him: yea, though he be a stranger, H1616 or a sojourner; H8453 that he may live H2416 with thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:36 - Take H3947 thou no usury H5392 of him, or increase: H8636 but fear H3372 thy God; H430 that thy brother H251 may live H2416 with thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:37 - Thou shalt not give H5414 him thy money H3701 upon usury, H5392 nor lend H5414 him thy victuals H400 for increase. H4768
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:38 - I am the LORD H3068 your God, H430 which brought you forth H3318 out of the land H776 of Egypt, H4714 to give H5414 you the land H776 of Canaan, H3667 and to be your God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:39 - And if thy brother H251 that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, H4134 and be sold H4376 unto thee; thou shalt not compel H5647 him to serve H5656 as a bondservant: H5650
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:40 - But as an hired servant, H7916 and as a sojourner, H8453 he shall be with thee, and shall serve H5647 thee unto the year H8141 of jubile: H3104
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:41 - And then shall he depart H3318 from thee, both he and his children H1121 with him, and shall return H7725 unto his own family, H4940 and unto the possession H272 of his fathers H1 shall he return. H7725
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:42 - For they are my servants, H5650 which I brought forth H3318 out of the land H776 of Egypt: H4714 they shall not be sold H4376 as H4466 bondmen. H5650
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:43 - Thou shalt not rule H7287 over him with rigour; H6531 but shalt fear H3372 thy God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:44 - Both thy bondmen, H5650 and thy bondmaids, H519 which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen H1471 that are round about H5439 you; of them shall ye buy H7069 bondmen H5650 and bondmaids. H519
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:45 - Moreover of the children H1121 of the strangers H8453 that do sojourn H1481 among you, of them shall ye buy, H7069 and of their families H4940 that are with you, which they begat H3205 in your land: H776 and they shall be your possession. H272
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:46 - And ye shall take them as an inheritance H5157 for your children H1121 after H310 you, to inherit H3423 them for a possession; H272 they shall be your bondmen H5647 for ever: H5769 but over your brethren H251 the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 ye shall not rule H7287 one H376 over another H251 with rigour. H6531

Of Redeeming a Poor Man

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:47 - And if a sojourner H1616 or stranger H8453 wax rich H5381 by thee, H3027 and thy brother H251 that dwelleth by him wax poor, H4134 and sell H4376 himself unto the stranger H1616 or sojourner H8453 by thee, or to the stock H6133 of the stranger's H1616 family: H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:48 - After H310 that he is sold H4376 he may be redeemed again; H1353 one H259 of his brethren H251 may redeem H1350 him:
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:49 - Either his uncle, H1730 or his uncle's H1730 son, H1121 may redeem H1350 him, or any that is nigh H7607 of kin H1320 unto him of his family H4940 may redeem H1350 him; or if he be able, H5381 he may redeem H1350 himself. H3027
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:50 - And he shall reckon H2803 with him that bought H7069 him from the year H8141 that he was sold H4376 to him unto the year H8141 of jubile: H3104 and the price H3701 of his sale H4465 shall be according unto the number H4557 of years, H8141 according to the time H3117 of an hired servant H7916 shall it be with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:51 - If there be yet many H7227 years H8141 behind, according H6310 unto them he shall give again H7725 the price of his redemption H1353 out of the money H3701 that he was bought H4736 for.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:52 - And if there remain H7604 but few H4592 years H8141 unto the year H8141 of jubile, H3104 then he shall count H2803 with him, and according H6310 unto his years H8141 shall he give him again H7725 the price of his redemption. H1353
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:53 - And as a yearly H8141 H8141 hired servant H7916 shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule H7287 with rigour H6531 over him in thy sight. H5869
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:54 - And if he be not redeemed H1350 in these years, then he shall go out H3318 in the year H8141 of jubile, H3104 both he, and his children H1121 with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:55 - For unto me the children H1121 of Israel H3478 are servants; H5650 they are my servants H5650 whom I brought forth H3318 out of the land H776 of Egypt: H4714 I am the LORD H3068 your God. H430
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