Tree of Life Version
Leviticus 25:14
14“If you sell anything to your neighbor or buy from your neighbor, you are not to wrong one another.
Leviticus 25:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
- New International Version (NIV)“ ‘If you sell land to any of your own people or buy land from them, do not take advantage of each other.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And if you make a sale to your neighbor or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And if you sell anything to your neighbor or buy from your neighbor’s hand, you shall not oppress one another.
Context of Leviticus 25:14
12Since it is a Jubilee, it is to be holy to you. You will eat from its increase out of the field. 13“In this Year of Jubilee each of you will return to his property. “If you sell anything to your neighbor or buy from your neighbor, you are not to wrong one another. 15Corresponding to the number of years after the Jubilee you are to purchase land from your neighbor’s hand. He is to sell it to you based on the number of years of crops. 16In proportion to the extent of years you may increase its price, or decrease its price in proportion to the fewness of years, because he is selling a number of harvests to you.
Read all of Leviticus 25Leviticus 25:14 word by word
וְכִֽי־תִמְכְּר֤וּ מִמְכָּר֙ לַעֲמִיתֶ֔ךָ א֥וֹ קָנֹ֖ה מִיַּ֣ד עֲמִיתֶ֑ךָ אַל־תּוֹנ֖וּ אִ֥ישׁ אֶת־אָחִֽיו׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Leviticus 25:14
- Leviticus 25:17You are not to cheat one another, but fear your God, for I am Adonai your God.
- Leviticus 19:13“You are not to oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of a hired servant are not to remain with you all night until the morning.
- Deuteronomy 16:19You are not to twist justice—you must not show partiality or take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and distorts the words of the righteous.
- Judges 4:3So Bnei-Yisrael cried out to Adonai, for he had 900 iron chariots, and had harshly oppressed Bnei-Yisrael for 20 years.
- 1 Samuel 12:3Here I am. Witness against me before Adonai and before His anointed. Whose ox have I taken or whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded or whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I taken a bribe to look the other way? I will restore it to you.”
- 2 Chronicles 16:10Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him in the prison for he was enraged at him for this. Also Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.
- Nehemiah 9:36“But see, even today we are slaves! Slaves in the land that You gave to our ancestors to eat of its fruit and its bounty. We are slaves in it.
- Job 20:19For he has oppressed and abandoned the poor. He has seized a house he did not build.
- Psalms 10:18You vindicate the orphan and oppressed, so that man, who is earthly, may terrify no more.
- Proverbs 14:31The one who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
- Proverbs 21:13Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, will also cry out but not be answered.
- Proverbs 22:16The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain, and the one who gives to the rich— both end in poverty.
- Proverbs 28:3A poor man who oppresses the weak is like pounding rain without food.
- Ecclesiastes 5:8Though the profit of the land is taken by all, a king is served by the fields.
- Isaiah 1:17Learn to do good, seek justice, relieve the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow.”
- Isaiah 3:12My people! Children are their oppressors and women rule over them. My people! Your guides mislead you and destroy the way of your paths.
Commentaries on Leviticus 25:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Ye shall not oppress one another - Ye shall take no advantage of each other's ignorance either in buying or selling; for he that buys an article at less than it is worth, or sells one for more than it is worth, taking advantage in both cases of the ignorance of the vender or buyer, is no better than a thief, as he actually robs his neighbor of as much property as he has bought the article at below or sold it above its current value.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Sell ought - i. e., any piece of ground. Oppress one another - Rather, overreach one another. (Compare 1 Samuel 12:3-4).Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-22Verses 8-22 The word "jubilee" signifies a peculiarly animated sound of the silver trumpets. This sound was to be made on the evening of the great day of atonement; for the proclamation of gospel liberty and salvation results from the sacrifice of the Redeemer. It was provided that the lands should not be sold away from their families. They could only be disposed of, as it were, by leases till the year of jubilee, and then returned to the owner or his…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-17The Year of Jubilee occurred every fiftieth year, releasing people from obligations and slavery. This year was also a Sabbath year, meaning no farming took place. Some scholars believe the forty-ninth year was both a Sabbath (seventh) and Jubilee (fiftieth) year. Counting fifty years would place the Year of Jubilee right after the seventh Sabbath year, leading to two years without harvests. During each Year of Jubilee, the land returned to the original…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-238-11. thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years--This most extraordinary of all civil institutions, which received the name of "Jubilee" from a Hebrew word signifying a musical instrument, a horn or trumpet, began on the tenth day of the seventh month, or the great day of atonement, when, by order of the public authorities, the sound of trumpets proclaimed the beginning of the universal redemption. All prisoners and captives obtained their liberties…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Leviticus 25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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