1 A nd the Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying,

And Jehovah spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,

2 “ 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.

Speak 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.

3 S ix years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather its fruit;

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

4 b ut 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.

but 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.

5 W hat 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.

That 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.

6 A nd 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,

And 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.

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

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

8 ‘ 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.

And 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.

9 T hen 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.

Then 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.

10 A nd 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.

And 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.

11 T hat 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.

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.

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

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

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

In this year of jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession.

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

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

15 A ccording 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.

According 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.

16 A ccording 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.

According 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

22 A nd 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

And 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.

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

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

24 A nd in all the land of your possession you shall grant redemption of the land.

And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.

25 ‘ 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.

If 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.

26 O r if the man has no one to redeem it, but he himself becomes able to redeem it,

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

27 t hen 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.

then 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.

28 B ut 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.

But 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.

29 ‘ 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.

And 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.

30 B ut 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.

And 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.

31 H owever 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.

But 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.

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

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

33 A nd 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.

And 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.

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

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

35 ‘ 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.

And 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.

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

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

37 Y ou shall not lend him your money for usury, nor lend him your food at a profit.

Thou shalt not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy victuals for increase.

38 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

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.

39 ‘ 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.

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

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

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

41 A nd 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.

then 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.

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

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

43 Y ou shall not rule over him with rigor, but you shall fear your God.

Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God.

44 A nd 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.

And 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.

45 M oreover 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.

Moreover 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.

46 A nd 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.

And 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.

47 ‘ 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,

And 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;

48 a fter he is sold he may be redeemed again. One of his brothers may redeem him;

after that he is sold he may be redeemed: one of his brethren may redeem him;

49 o r 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.

or 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.

50 T hus 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.

And 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.

51 I f 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.

If 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.

52 A nd 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.

And 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.

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

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

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

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

55 F or 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.

For 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.