1 ¶ And the LORD spoke unto Moses in Mount Sinai, saying,

The Lord then spoke to Moses at Mount Sinai, saying,

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

“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you come into the land which I shall give you, then the land shall have 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 fruit thereof,

Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its crop,

4 b ut the seventh year the land shall have a sabbath of rest, a sabbath unto the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field nor prune thy vineyard.

but during the seventh year the land shall have a sabbath rest, a sabbath to the Lord; you shall not sow your field nor prune your vineyard.

5 T hat which grows of its own accord in thy land that was harvested, thou shalt not reap; neither fence in the grapes of thy consecrated vine; for it is a year of rest unto the land.

Your harvest’s aftergrowth you shall not reap, and your grapes of untrimmed vines you shall not gather; the land shall have a sabbatical year.

6 B ut the sabbath of the land shall be food for you, for thee and for thy slave and for thy maid and for thy hired servant and for thy stranger that sojourns with thee

All of you shall have the sabbath products of the land for food; yourself, and your male and female slaves, and your hired man and your foreign resident, those who live as aliens with you.

7 a nd for thy beast and for the animals that are in thy land shall all the fruit thereof be food.

Even your cattle and the animals that are in your land shall have all its crops to eat.

8 ¶ And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty-nine years.

‘You are also to count off seven sabbaths of years for yourself, seven times seven years, so that you have the time of the seven sabbaths of years, namely, forty-nine years.

9 T hen shalt thou cause the shofar to sound an alarm on the tenth day of the seventh month; in the day of the reconciliations shall ye cause the shofar to sound throughout all your land.

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.

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

You shall thus consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim a release through the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you, and each of you shall return to his own property, and each of you shall return to his family.

11 A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you; ye shall not sow nor reap that which grows of itself in it nor fence in thy consecrated vine.

You shall have the fiftieth year as a jubilee; you shall not sow, nor reap its aftergrowth, nor gather in from its untrimmed vines.

12 F or it is the jubilee; it shall be holy unto you; ye shall eat the fruit of the land.

For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy to you. You shall eat its crops out of the field.

13 I n this year of jubilee ye shall return each one unto his possession.

‘ On this year of jubilee each of you shall return to his own property.

14 A nd if thou sell anything unto thy neighbour or buy anything of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another.

If you make a sale, moreover, to your friend or buy from your friend’s hand, you shall not wrong one another.

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

Corresponding to the number of years after the jubilee, you shall buy from your friend; he is to sell to you according to the number of years of crops.

16 A ccording 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 fruits does he sell unto thee.

In proportion to the 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 a number of crops he is selling to you.

17 Y e shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God; for I am the LORD your God.

So you shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the Lord your God.

18 E xecute, therefore, my statutes and keep my rights and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety;

‘You shall thus observe My statutes and keep My judgments, so as to carry them out, that you may live securely on the land.

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

Then the land will yield its produce, so that you can eat your fill and live securely on it.

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

But if you say, “ What are we going to eat on the seventh year if we do not sow or gather in our crops?”

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

then I will so order My blessing for you in the sixth year that it will bring forth the crop for three years.

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

When you are sowing the eighth year, you can still eat old things from the crop, eating the old until the ninth year when its crop comes in. The Law of Redemption

23 ¶ The land shall not be sold for ever, for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

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

24 T herefore, in all the land of your possession, ye shall grant a redemption for the land.

Thus for every piece of your property, you are to provide for the redemption of the land.

25 I f thy brother becomes poor and has sold away some of his possession, his redeemer shall come, his closest kinsman, and shall redeem that which his brother sold.

‘ If a fellow countryman of yours becomes so poor he has to sell part of his property, then his nearest kinsman is to come and buy back what his relative has sold.

26 A nd when the man has no redeemer and is able to stretch forth his hand and find enough for his redemption,

Or in case a man has no kinsman, but so recovers his means as to find sufficient for its redemption,

27 t hen he shall count the years from the sale thereof and pay that which remains unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.

then he shall calculate the years since its sale and refund the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and so return to his property.

28 B ut if he is not able to stretch forth his hand and find enough to return unto it, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of the one that has bought it until the year of jubilee; and in the jubilee the land shall go out free, and he shall return unto his possession.

But if he has not found sufficient means to get it back for 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 revert, that he may return to his property.

29 A nd if a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it.

‘Likewise, if a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, then his redemption right remains valid until a full year from its sale; his right of redemption lasts a full year.

30 A nd if it is not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to the one that bought it for his descendants; it shall not go out in the jubilee.

But if it is not bought back 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 revert in the jubilee.

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

The houses of the villages, however, which have no surrounding wall shall be considered as open fields; they have redemption rights and revert in the jubilee.

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

As for cities of the Levites, the Levites have a permanent right of redemption for the houses of the cities which are their possession.

33 A nd if a man makes a purchase from the Levites, then the house that was sold and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the sons of Israel.

What, therefore, belongs to the Levites may be redeemed and a house sale in the city of this possession reverts in the jubilee, for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the sons of Israel.

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

But pasture fields of their cities shall not be sold, for that is their perpetual possession. Of Poor Countrymen

35 A nd if thy brother becomes poor and comes unto thee, then thou shalt receive him; as a stranger, or a sojourner, he shall live with thee.

‘ Now in case a countryman of yours becomes poor and his means with regard to you falter, then you are to sustain him, like a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with you.

36 T ake thou no usury of him, or increase; but thou shalt have the fear of thy God, and thy brother shall live with thee.

Do not take usurious interest from him, but revere your God, that your countryman may live with you.

37 T hou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy food for increase.

You shall not give him your silver at interest, nor your food for gain.

38 I AM 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.

39 ¶ And when thy brother becomes poor, being with thee, and if he should sell himself unto thee, thou shalt not compel him to serve as a slave.

‘ If a countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to you that he sells himself to you, you shall not subject him to a slave’s service.

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

He shall be with you as a hired man, as if he were a sojourner; he shall serve with you until the year of jubilee.

41 T hen he shall depart free from thy house, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he be restored.

He shall then go out from you, he and his sons with him, and shall go back to his family, that he may return to the property of his forefathers.

42 F or they belong to me, I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as slaves.

For they are My servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt; they are not to be sold in a slave sale.

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

You shall not rule over him with severity, but are to revere your God.

44 B oth thy menslaves and thy maidslaves, which thou shalt have, shall be of the Gentiles that are round about you; of them shall ye buy slaves.

As for your male and female slaves whom you may have—you may acquire male and female slaves from the pagan nations that are around you.

45 Y e may also buy of the children of the strangers that live among you and of those of their lineage that are born in your land, who are with you, and they shall be your possession.

Then, too, it is out of the sons of the sojourners who live as aliens among you that you may gain acquisition, and out of their families who are with you, whom they will have produced in your land; they also may become your possession.

46 A nd ye shall possess them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit as a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever; but over your brethren, the sons of Israel, ye shall not rule over one another with rigor.

You may even bequeath them to your sons after you, to receive as a possession; you can use them as permanent slaves. But in respect to your countrymen, the sons of Israel, you shall not rule with severity over one another. Of Redeeming a Poor Man

47 A nd if a sojourner or stranger who is with thee becomes rich and thy brother who is with him becomes poor and sells himself unto the stranger or sojourner who is with thee or to the race of the lineage of the stranger,

‘Now if the means of a stranger or of a sojourner with you becomes sufficient, and a countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to him as to sell himself to a stranger who is sojourning with you, or to the descendants of a stranger’s family,

48 a fter he is sold he shall have redemption; one of his brethren shall redeem him;

then he shall have redemption right after he has been sold. One of his brothers may redeem him,

49 e ither his uncle or his uncle’s son shall redeem him; or any that is near of kin unto him of his lineage shall redeem him; or if he is able, he may redeem himself.

or his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or one of his blood relatives from his family may redeem him; or if he prospers, he may redeem himself.

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

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.

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

If there are still many years, he shall refund part of his purchase price in proportion to them for his own redemption;

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

and if few years remain until the year of jubilee, he shall so calculate with him. In proportion to his years he is to refund the amount for his redemption.

53 A nd as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him; and the other shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight.

Like a man hired year by year he shall be with him; he shall not rule over him with severity in your sight.

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

Even if he is not redeemed by these means, he shall still go out in the year of jubilee, he and his sons with him.

55 F or the sons of Israel are mine; they are my slaves whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt. I AM your God.

For the sons of Israel are My servants; they are My servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.