Leviticus 25
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Leviticus 25:29-43

29‘Likewise, if a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, then his redemption right remains valid until a full year after its sale; his right of redemption lasts a full year. 30But 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 1revert in the jubilee. 31The houses of the villages, however, which have no surrounding wall, shall be regarded 2as open fields; they have redemption rights and 3revert in the jubilee. 32As for the 4cities of the Levites, the Levites have a permanent right of redemption for the houses of the cities which are their possession. 33What, therefore, 5belongs to the Levites may be redeemed, and a house sale 6in the city of this possession 7reverts in the jubilee, because the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the sons of Israel. 348But pasture fields of their cities shall not be sold, for that is their permanent possession.

35‘9Now in case a countryman of yours becomes poor and his 10means among you falter, then you are to sustain him, like a stranger or a resident, so that he may live with you. 3611Do not take 12any kind of interest from him, but 13fear your God, so that your countryman may live with you. 37You shall not give him your silver at interest, nor your food 14for profit. 3815I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan, and 16to be your God.

39‘Now 17if 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. 40He shall be with you as a hired worker, 18as if he were a foreign resident; he shall serve with you up to the year of jubilee. 41He shall then leave you, he and his sons with him, and shall go back to his family, so that he may return to the property of his forefathers. 42For they are My servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt; they are not to be sold in a slave sale. 4319You shall not rule over him with 20severity, but are to revere your God.

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Notes

  1. 1. Leviticus 25:30 Lit go out ↩
  2. 2. Leviticus 25:31 Lit according to ↩
  3. 3. Leviticus 25:31 Lit go out ↩
  4. 4. Leviticus 25:32 Num 35:1-8; Josh 21:2 ↩
  5. 5. Leviticus 25:33 Lit is from ↩
  6. 6. Leviticus 25:33 Lit and ↩
  7. 7. Leviticus 25:33 Lit goes out ↩
  8. 8. Leviticus 25:34 Num 35:2-5 ↩
  9. 9. Leviticus 25:35 Deut 15:7-11; 24:14, 15 ↩
  10. 10. Leviticus 25:35 Lit hand ↩
  11. 11. Leviticus 25:36 Ex 22:25; Deut 23:19, 20 ↩
  12. 12. Leviticus 25:36 Prob. interest on money and food loans ↩
  13. 13. Leviticus 25:36 Or revere ↩
  14. 14. Leviticus 25:37 Lit at interest ↩
  15. 15. Leviticus 25:38 Lev 11:45 ↩
  16. 16. Leviticus 25:38 Gen 17:7 ↩
  17. 17. Leviticus 25:39 Ex 21:2-6; Deut 15:12-18; 1 Kin 9:22 ↩
  18. 18. Leviticus 25:40 Ex 21:2 ↩
  19. 19. Leviticus 25:43 Ex 1:13, 14; Lev 25:46, 53; Ezek 34:4; Col 4:1 ↩
  20. 20. Leviticus 25:43 Or violence ↩

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