Leviticus 25
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Leviticus 25:29-43

29And if a man shall sell 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. 30And if it shall not be redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubilee. 31But the houses of the villages which have no walls around them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubilee.1 32However the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time. 33And if a man shall purchase of 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 children of Israel.2 34But the field of the common land of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession. 35And if thy brother shall have become poor, and falleth into poverty among you; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he may be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.34 36Take thou no interest of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee. 37Thou shalt not give him thy money upon interest, nor lend him thy food for increase. 38I 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.

39And if thy brotherthat dwelleth by thee shall have become poor, and be sold to thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a slave:5 40But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee to the year of jubilee: 41And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return to his own family, and to the possession of his fathers shall he return. 42For they are my servants, which I brought out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as slaves.6 43Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

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  1. 1. Leviticus 25:31 they may...: Heb. redemption belongeth unto it ↩
  2. 2. Leviticus 25:33 a man...: or, one of the Levites redeem them ↩
  3. 3. Leviticus 25:35 fallen...: Heb. his hand faileth ↩
  4. 4. Leviticus 25:35 relieve: Heb. strengthen ↩
  5. 5. Leviticus 25:39 compel...: Heb. serve thyself with him with the service, etc ↩
  6. 6. Leviticus 25:42 as...: Heb. with the sale of a bondman ↩

Commentaries on Leviticus 25

Revised Webster's Bible — 1833 — Public Domain