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The Sabbatical Year

(Deu 15:1–11 )

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Yahweh^H3068 then spoke^H1696 to Moses^H4872 [fn]at Mount^H2022 Sinai^H5514, saying^H559,

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Lev 25:2 - “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you come into the land which I am giving to you, then the land shall have a sabbath to Yahweh.

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Lev 25:3 - ‘Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its produce,

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Lev 25:4 - but during the seventh year the land shall have a sabbath rest, a sabbath to Yahweh; you shall not sow your field nor prune your vineyard.

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Lev 25:5 - ‘[fn]What grows of its own accord from your harvest you shall not reap, and your grapes of untrimmed vines you shall not gather; the land shall have a sabbatical year.

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Lev 25:6 - ‘And the sabbath produce of the land shall be for food; for you and your male and female slaves and your hired man and your foreign resident, those who sojourn with you.

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Lev 25:7 - ‘Even your cattle and the beasts that are in your land shall have all its produce to eat.

The Year of Jubilee

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‘You are also to count^H5608 off seven^H7651 sabbaths^H7676 of years^H8141 for yourself, seven^H7651 times^H6471 seven^H7651 years^H8141, so that you have^H1961 the time^H3117 of the seven^H7651 sabbaths^H7676 of years^H8141, namely, forty-nine^H705^H8672 years^H8141.

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Lev 25:9 - ‘You shall then sound a ram’s horn abroad on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the day of atonement you shall sound a horn all through your land.

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Lev 25:10 - ‘You shall thus set apart as holy the fiftieth year and proclaim [fn]a release through the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you, [fn]and each of you shall return to his own possession of land, [fn]and each of you shall return to his family.

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Lev 25:11 - ‘You shall have the fiftieth year as a jubilee; you shall not sow; you shall not reap what grows of its own accord; you shall not gather in from its untrimmed vines.

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Lev 25:12 - ‘For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy to you. You shall eat its produce out of the field.

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‘On this^H2088 year^H8141 of jubilee^H3104, each^H376 of you shall return^H7725 to his own possession^H272 of land.

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Lev 25:14 - ‘If you make a sale, moreover, to your companion or buy from your friend’s hand, you shall not mistreat one another.

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Lev 25:15 - ‘Corresponding to the number of years after the jubilee, you shall buy from your [fn]companion; he is to sell to you according to the number of years of produce.

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Lev 25:16 - ‘In proportion to the [fn]extent of the years you shall increase its price, and in proportion to the fewness of the years you shall diminish its price, for it is the number of crops it produces that he is selling to you.

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Lev 25:17 - ‘So you shall not mistreat one another, but you shall [fn]fear your God; for I am Yahweh your God.

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Lev 25:18 -

‘You shall thus observe^H6213 My statutes^H2708 and keep^H8104 My judgments^H4941, so as to do^H6213 them, that you may live^H3427 securely^H983 on the land^H776.

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Lev 25:19 - ‘Then the land will yield its fruit, so that you can eat your fill and live securely on it.

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Lev 25:20 - ‘But if you say, “What are we going to eat on the seventh year [fn]if we do not sow or gather in our produce?”

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Lev 25:21 - then I will command My blessing for you in the sixth year that it will bring forth the produce for three years.

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Lev 25:22 - ‘So you shall sow the eighth year and eat old things from that produce, eating the old until the ninth year when its produce comes in.

The Redemption of Land

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‘The land^H776, moreover, shall not be sold^H4376 permanently^H6783, for the land^H776 is Mine; for you are but sojourners^H1616 and foreign^H8453 residents^H8453 with Me.

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Lev 25:24 - ‘Thus for every [fn]piece of land of your possession, you shall provide for the redemption of the land.

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‘If^H3588 a brother^H251 of yours becomes^H4134 so poor^H4134 he has to sell^H4376 part of his possession^H272 of land, then his nearest^H7138 kinsman^H1350 redeemer^H1350 is to come^H935 and redeem^H1350 what^H4465 his brother^H251 has sold^H4465.

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Lev 25:26 - ‘Or in case a man has no kinsman redeemer, but [fn]recovers his means and finds sufficient payment for its redemption,

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Lev 25:27 - then he shall calculate the years since its sale and return the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and so return to his possession of land.

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Lev 25:28 - ‘But if [fn]he has not found sufficient means to return it to himself, then what he has sold shall remain in the hands of its purchaser until the year of jubilee; but at the jubilee it shall [fn]revert, that he may return to his possession of land.

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‘Likewise, if^H3588 a man^H376 sells^H4376 a house^H1004 for habitation^H4186 in a walled^H2346 city^H5892, then his redemption^H1353 right^H1353 remains^H1961 valid until^H5704 a full^H8552 year^H8141 from its sale^H4465; his right^H1353 of^H1353 redemption^H1353 lasts^H1961 a full^H3117 year^H3117.

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Lev 25:30 - ‘But if it is not redeemed for him within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city passes permanently to its purchaser throughout his generations; it does not [fn]revert in the jubilee.

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Lev 25:31 - ‘The houses of the villages, however, which have no surrounding wall, shall be considered [fn]as open fields; they have redemption rights and [fn]revert in the jubilee.

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Lev 25:32 - ‘As for cities of the Levites, the Levites have a permanent right of redemption for the houses of the cities which are their possession.

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Lev 25:33 - ‘What, therefore, [fn]belongs to the Levites may be redeemed, and a house sale [fn]in the city of [fn]their possession [fn]reverts in the jubilee, for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the sons of Israel.

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Lev 25:34 - ‘But pasture fields of their cities shall not be sold, for that is their perpetual possession.

Redemption Rights for Poor Brothers

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‘Now if^H3588 a brother^H251 of yours becomes^H4134 poor^H4134 and his [fn]means^H3027 with^H5973 regard^H5973 to^H5973 you falter^H4131, then you are to sustain^H2388 him, like a sojourner^H1616 or a foreign^H8453 resident^H8453, that he may live^H2421 with you.

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Lev 25:36 - ‘Do not take [fn]usurious interest from him, but fear your God, that your brother may live with you.

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Lev 25:37 - ‘You shall not give him your silver at interest nor your food for gain.

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Lev 25:38 - ‘I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.

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‘If^H3588 a brother^H251 of yours becomes^H4134 so poor^H4134 with^H5973 regard^H5973 to^H5973 you that he sells^H4376 himself to you, you shall not subject^H5647 him to a slave’s^H5650 service^H5656.

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Lev 25:40 - ‘He shall be with you as a hired man, as if he were a foreign resident; he shall serve with you until the year of jubilee.

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Lev 25:41 - ‘He shall then go out from you, he and his sons with him, and shall return to his family, that he may return to the possession of the land of his fathers.

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Lev 25:42 - ‘For they are My slaves whom I brought out from the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold in a slave sale.

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Lev 25:43 - ‘You shall not have dominion over him with brutality, but you shall fear your God.

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Lev 25:44 - ‘As for your male and female slaves whom you may have—you may acquire male and female slaves from the nations that are around you.

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Lev 25:45 - ‘And also you may acquire from the sons of the foreign residents who sojourn among you, from them and their families who are with you; as for those whom they have begotten in your land, they also may become your possession.

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Lev 25:46 - ‘You may even give them as an inheritance to your sons after you, to receive as a possession; you can use them as permanent slaves. But in respect to your brothers, the sons of Israel, you shall not have dominion over one another with brutality.

Kindness Towards a Poor Sojourner

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‘Now if^H3588 the [fn]means^H3027 of a sojourner^H1616 or of a foreign^H8453 resident^H8453 with you becomes^H5381 sufficient^H5381, and a brother^H251 of yours becomes^H4134 so poor^H4134 with^H5973 regard^H5973 to^H5973 him as to sell^H4376 himself to a sojourner^H1616 who resides^H8453 with you or^H176 to the descendants^H6133 of a sojourner’s^H1616 family^H4940,

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Lev 25:48 - then he shall have redemption right after he has been sold. One of his brothers may redeem him,

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Lev 25:49 - or his uncle or his uncle’s son may redeem him, or one of his blood relatives from his family may redeem him; or [fn]if he prospers, he may redeem himself.

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Lev 25:50 - ‘He then with his purchaser shall calculate from the year when he sold himself to him up to the year of jubilee; and the price of his sale shall correspond to the number of years. It is like the days of a hired man that he shall be with him.

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Lev 25:51 - ‘If there are still many years, he shall return part of his purchase price in proportion to them for his own redemption;

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Lev 25:52 - and if few years remain until the year of jubilee, he shall so calculate with him. In proportion to his years he shall return the amount for his redemption.

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Lev 25:53 - ‘Like a man hired year by year he shall be with him; he shall not have dominion over him with brutality in your sight.

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Lev 25:54 - ‘Even if he is not redeemed by [fn]these means, he shall still go out in the year of jubilee, he and his sons with him.

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Lev 25:55 - ‘For the sons of Israel are My slaves; they are My slaves whom I brought out from the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.

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(25:1)

Or on

(25:5)

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Or liberty

Or when

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Lit multitude

Or reverence

Or behold

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Lit his hand reaches

(25:28)

Lit his hand has not found sufficient to

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Lit go out

Lit according to

Lit go out

Lit is from

Lit and

Lit his

Lit goes out

Lit hand

Lit interest and usury

(25:47)

Lit hand...reaches

(25:49)

Lit if his hand has reached and

(25:54)

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