1 A nd Jehovah spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying,

2 S peak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto Jehovah.

“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall keep a sabbath to the Lord.

3 S ix years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruits thereof;

Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather its fruit;

4 b ut in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath unto Jehovah: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.

but in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath to the Lord. You shall neither sow your field nor prune your vineyard.

5 T hat which groweth of itself of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, and the grapes of thy undressed vine thou shalt not gather: it shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.

What grows of its own accord of your harvest you shall not reap, nor gather the grapes of your untended vine, for it is a year of rest for the land.

6 A nd the sabbath of the land shall be for food for you; for thee, and for thy servant and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant and for thy stranger, who sojourn with thee.

And the sabbath produce of the land shall be food for you: for you, your male and female servants, your hired man, and the stranger who dwells with you,

7 A nd for thy cattle, and for the beasts that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be for food.

for your livestock and the beasts that are in your land—all its produce shall be for food. The Year of Jubilee

8 A nd thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and there shall be unto thee the days of seven sabbaths of years, even forty and nine years.

‘And you shall count seven sabbaths of years for yourself, seven times seven years; and the time of the seven sabbaths of years shall be to you forty-nine years.

9 T hen shalt thou send abroad the loud trumpet on the tenth day of the seventh month; in the day of atonement shall ye send abroad the trumpet throughout all your land.

Then you shall cause the trumpet of the Jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the Day of Atonement you shall make the trumpet to sound throughout all your land.

10 A nd ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.

And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a Jubilee for you; and each of you shall return to his possession, and each of you shall return to his family.

11 A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of the undressed vines.

That fiftieth year shall be a Jubilee to you; in it you shall neither sow nor reap what grows of its own accord, nor gather the grapes of your untended vine.

12 F or it is a jubilee; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.

For it is the Jubilee; it shall be holy to you; you shall eat its produce from the field.

13 I n this year of jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession.

‘In this Year of Jubilee, each of you shall return to his possession.

14 A nd if thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or buy of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not wrong one another.

And if you sell anything to your neighbor or buy from your neighbor’s hand, you shall not oppress one another.

15 A ccording to the number of years after the jubilee thou shalt buy of thy neighbor, and according unto the number of years of the crops he shall sell unto thee.

According to the number of years after the Jubilee you shall buy from your neighbor, and according to the number of years of crops he shall sell to you.

16 A ccording to the multitude of the years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of the years thou shalt diminish the price of it; for the number of the crops doth he sell unto thee.

According to the multitude of years you shall increase its price, and according to the fewer number of years you shall diminish its price; for he sells to you according to the number of the years of the crops.

17 A nd ye shall not wrong one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am Jehovah your God.

Therefore you shall not oppress one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the Lord your God. Provisions for the Seventh Year

18 W herefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep mine ordinances and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.

‘So you shall observe My statutes and keep My judgments, and perform them; and you will dwell in the land in safety.

19 A nd the land shall yield its fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.

Then the land will yield its fruit, and you will eat your fill, and dwell there in safety.

20 A nd if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;

‘And if you say, “What shall we eat in the seventh year, since we shall not sow nor gather in our produce?”

21 t hen I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for the three years.

Then I will command My blessing on you in the sixth year, and it will bring forth produce enough for three years.

22 A nd ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits, the old store; until the ninth year, until its fruits come in, ye shall eat the old store.

And you shall sow in the eighth year, and eat old produce until the ninth year; until its produce comes in, you shall eat of the old harvest. Redemption of Property

23 A nd the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is mine: for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

‘The land shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are strangers and sojourners with Me.

24 A nd in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.

And in all the land of your possession you shall grant redemption of the land.

25 I f thy brother be waxed poor, and sell some of his possession, then shall his kinsman that is next unto him come, and shall redeem that which his brother hath sold.

‘If one of your brethren becomes poor, and has sold some of his possession, and if his redeeming relative comes to redeem it, then he may redeem what his brother sold.

26 A nd if a man have no one to redeem it, and he be waxed rich and find sufficient to redeem it;

Or if the man has no one to redeem it, but he himself becomes able to redeem it,

27 t hen let him reckon the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return unto his possession.

then let him count the years since its sale, and restore the remainder to the man to whom he sold it, that he may return to his possession.

28 B ut if he be not able to get it back for himself, then that which he hath sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubilee: and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.

But if he is not able to have it restored to himself, then what was sold shall remain in the hand of him who bought it until the Year of Jubilee; and in the Jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his possession.

29 A nd if a man sell a dwelling-house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; for a full year shall he have the right of redemption.

‘If a man sells a house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year he may redeem it.

30 A nd if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be made sure in perpetuity to him that bought it, throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubilee.

But if it is not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house in the walled city shall belong permanently to him who bought it, throughout his generations. It shall not be released in the Jubilee.

31 B ut the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be reckoned with the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubilee.

However the houses of villages which have no wall around them shall be counted as the fields of the country. They may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.

32 N evertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.

Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, and the houses in the cities of their possession, the Levites may redeem at any time.

33 A nd if one of the Levites redeem, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.

And if a man purchases a house from the Levites, then the house that was sold in the city of his possession shall be released in the Jubilee; for the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.

34 B ut the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.

But the field of the common-land of their cities may not be sold, for it is their perpetual possession. Lending to the Poor

35 A nd if thy brother be waxed poor, and his hand fail with thee; then thou shalt uphold him: as a stranger and a sojourner shall he live with thee.

‘If one of your brethren becomes poor, and falls into poverty among you, then you shall help him, like a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with you.

36 T ake thou no interest of him or increase, but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.

Take no usury or interest from him; but fear your God, that your brother may live with you.

37 T hou shalt not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy victuals for increase.

You shall not lend him your money for usury, nor lend him your food at a profit.

38 I am Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.

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. The Law Concerning Slavery

39 A nd if thy brother be waxed poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee; thou shalt not make him to serve as a bond-servant.

‘And if one of your brethren who dwells by you becomes poor, and sells himself to you, you shall not compel him to serve as a slave.

40 A s a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee; he shall serve with thee unto the year of jubilee:

As a hired servant and a sojourner he shall be with you, and shall serve you until the Year of Jubilee.

41 t hen shall he go out from thee, he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.

And then he shall depart from you—he and his children with him—and shall return to his own family. He shall return to the possession of his fathers.

42 F or they are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.

For they are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as slaves.

43 T hou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God.

You shall not rule over him with rigor, but you shall fear your God.

44 A nd as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, whom thou shalt have; of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

And as for your male and female slaves whom you may have—from the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves.

45 M oreover of the children of the strangers that sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they have begotten in your land: and they shall be your possession.

Moreover you may buy the children of the strangers who dwell among you, and their families who are with you, which they beget in your land; and they shall become your property.

46 A nd ye shall make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession; of them shall ye take your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel ye shall not rule, one over another, with rigor.

And you may take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them as a possession; they shall be your permanent slaves. But regarding your brethren, the children of Israel, you shall not rule over one another with rigor.

47 A nd if a stranger or sojourner with thee be waxed rich, and thy brother be waxed poor beside him, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner with thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family;

‘Now if a sojourner or stranger close to you becomes rich, and one of your brethren who dwells by him becomes poor, and sells himself to the stranger or sojourner close to you, or to a member of the stranger’s family,

48 a fter that he is sold he may be redeemed: one of his brethren may redeem him;

after he is sold he may be redeemed again. One of his brothers may redeem him;

49 o r 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 waxed rich, he may redeem himself.

or his uncle or his uncle’s son may redeem him; or anyone who is near of kin to him in his family may redeem him; or if he is able he may redeem himself.

50 A nd he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he sold himself to him unto the year of jubilee: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years; according to the time of a hired servant shall he be with him.

Thus he shall reckon with him who bought him: The price of his release shall be according to the number of years, from the year that he was sold to him until the Year of Jubilee; it shall be according to the time of a hired servant for him.

51 I f there be yet many years, according unto them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.

If there are still many years remaining, according to them he shall repay the price of his redemption from the money with which he was bought.

52 A nd if there remain but few years unto the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according unto his years shall he give back the price of his redemption.

And if there remain but a few years until the Year of Jubilee, then he shall reckon with him, and according to his years he shall repay him the price of his redemption.

53 A s a servant hired year by year shall he be with him: he shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight.

He shall be with him as a yearly hired servant, and he shall not rule with rigor over him in your sight.

54 A nd if he be not redeemed by these means, then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, he, and his children with him.

And if he is not redeemed in these years, then he shall be released in the Year of Jubilee—he and his children with him.

55 F or unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.

For the children of Israel are servants to Me; they are My servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.