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Leviticus 25 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 1 | And YHWH spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying, | The LORD spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying, | The LORD said to Moses at Mount Sinai, | |
| 2 | “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them: When you⁺ come into the land that I am giving to you⁺, then the land shall keep a Sabbath to YHWH. | “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land that I give you, the land shall keep a Sabbath to the LORD. | “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land I am going to give you, the land itself must observe a sabbath to the LORD. | |
| 3 | Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather its fruit. | For six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its fruits, | For six years sow your fields, and for six years prune your vineyards and gather their crops. | |
| 4 | And in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land, a Sabbath to YHWH. Your field you shall not sow, and your vineyard you shall not prune. | but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to the LORD. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard. | But in the seventh year the land is to have a year of sabbath rest, a sabbath to the LORD. Do not sow your fields or prune your vineyards. | |
| 5 | What grows of its own accord of your harvest you shall not reap, and the grapes of your untended vine you shall not gather. It is a year of complete rest for the land. | You shall not reap what grows of itself in your harvest, or gather the grapes of your undressed vine. It shall be a year of solemn rest for the land. | Do not reap what grows of itself or harvest the grapes of your untended vines. The land is to have a year of rest. | |
| 6 | And the Sabbath of the land to you⁺ shall be food for you, and for your manservant, and for your maidservant, and for your hireling, and for your sojourner sojourning with you, | The Sabbath of the land shall provide food for you, for yourself and for your male and female slaves and for your hired worker and the sojourner who lives with you, | Whatever the land yields during the sabbath year will be food for you—for yourself, your male and female servants, and the hired worker and temporary resident who live among you, | |
| 7 | and for your livestock, and for the beast that is in your land. All its produce shall be for food. | and for your cattle and for the wild animals that are in your land: all its yield shall be for food. | as well as for your livestock and the wild animals in your land. Whatever the land produces may be eaten. | |
| 8 | And you shall count for yourself seven Sabbaths of years—seven years seven times—and the days of seven Sabbaths of years shall be to you nine and forty years. | “You shall count seven weeks of years, seven times seven years, so that the time of the seven weeks of years shall give you forty-nine years. | “’Count off seven sabbath years—seven times seven years—so that the seven sabbath years amount to a period of forty-nine years. | |
| 9 | And the shofar of the Jubilee you shall cause to sound in the seventh month, on the tenth of the month, in the Day of the Atonements. You⁺ shall make the shofar to sound throughout all your⁺ land. | Then you shall sound the loud trumpet on the tenth day of the seventh month. On the Day of Atonement you shall sound the trumpet throughout all your land. | Then have the trumpet sounded everywhere on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the Day of Atonement sound the trumpet throughout your land. | |
| 10 | And you⁺ shall consecrate the year, the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty in the land to all its dwellers. 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 you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you, when each of you shall return to his property and each of you shall return to his clan. | Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you; each of you is to return to your family property and to your own clan. | |
| 11 | That fiftieth year shall be a year of Jubilee to you⁺. You⁺ shall not sow, nor reap what grows of its own accord, nor gather of your untended vine. | That fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you; in it you shall neither sow nor reap what grows of itself nor gather the grapes from the undressed vines. | The fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you; do not sow and do not reap what grows of itself or harvest the untended vines. | |
| 12 | For it is a Jubilee; it shall be holy to you⁺. You⁺ shall eat its produce from the field. | For it is a jubilee. It shall be holy to you. You may eat the produce of the field. | For it is a jubilee and is to be holy for you; eat only what is taken directly from the fields. | |
| 13 | In the Year of this Jubilee each of you shall return to his possession. | “In this year of jubilee each of you shall return to his property. | “’In this Year of Jubilee everyone is to return to their own property. | |
| 14 | And if you⁺ sell anything to your neighbor or buy from the hand of your neighbor, you⁺ shall not oppress one another. | And if you make a sale to your neighbor or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another. | “’If you sell land to any of your own people or buy land from them, do not take advantage of each other. | |
| 15 | According 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. | You shall pay your neighbor according to the number of years after the jubilee, and he shall sell to you according to the number of years for crops. | You are to buy from your own people on the basis of the number of years since the Jubilee. And they are to sell to you on the basis of the number of years left for harvesting crops. | |
| 16 | According to the multitude of the years you shall increase its price, and according to the fewness of the years you shall diminish its price, for he is selling to you a number of crops. | If the years are many, you shall increase the price, and if the years are few, you shall reduce the price, for it is the number of the crops that he is selling to you. | When the years are many, you are to increase the price, and when the years are few, you are to decrease the price, because what is really being sold to you is the number of crops. | |
| 17 | And you⁺ shall not oppress one another, and you shall fear your God. For I am YHWH your⁺ God. | You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God, for I am the LORD your God. | Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God. I am the LORD your God. | |
| 18 | And you⁺ shall observe My statutes, and keep My ordinances and perform them, and you⁺ will dwell in the land in safety. | “Therefore you shall do my statutes and keep my rules and perform them, and then you will dwell in the land securely. | “’Follow my decrees and be careful to obey my laws, and you will live safely in the land. | |
| 19 | And the land will yield its fruit, and you⁺ will eat your fill and dwell in safety there. | The land will yield its fruit, and you will eat your fill and dwell in it securely. | Then the land will yield its fruit, and you will eat your fill and live there in safety. | |
| 20 | Now you⁺ may say, ‘What shall we eat in the seventh year, since we shall not sow nor gather in our produce?’ | And if you say, ‘What shall we eat in the seventh year, if we may not sow or gather in our crop?’ | You may ask, “What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not plant or harvest our crops?” | |
| 21 | And I will command My blessing on you⁺ in the sixth year, and it will bring forth enough produce for three years. | I will command my blessing on you in the sixth year, so that it will produce a crop sufficient for three years. | I will send you such a blessing in the sixth year that the land will yield enough for three years. | |
| 22 | And you⁺ shall sow in the eighth year, and eat of the old produce until the ninth year; until its produce comes in, you⁺ shall eat of the old harvest. | When you sow in the eighth year, you will be eating some of the old crop; you shall eat the old until the ninth year, when its crop arrives. | While you plant during the eighth year, you will eat from the old crop and will continue to eat from it until the harvest of the ninth year comes in. | |
| 23 | And the land shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine, for you⁺ are strangers and sojourners with Me. | “The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine. For you are strangers and sojourners with me. | “’The land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine and you reside in my land as foreigners and strangers. | |
| 24 | And in all the land of your⁺ possession, you⁺ shall grant redemption of the land. | And in all the country you possess, you shall allow a redemption of the land. | Throughout the land that you hold as a possession, you must provide for the redemption of the land. | |
| 25 | If one of your brothers becomes poor and he has sold some of his possession, then the redeemer to him, if he comes to redeem it, he may redeem what his brother sold. | “If your brother becomes poor and sells part of his property, then his nearest redeemer shall come and redeem what his brother has sold. | “’If one of your fellow Israelites becomes poor and sells some of their property, their nearest relative is to come and redeem what they have sold. | |
| 26 | And if the man, there is unto him no one to redeem it, and he has found his own hand has attained sufficiency for its redemption, | If a man has no one to redeem it and then himself becomes prosperous and finds sufficient means to redeem it, | If, however, there is no one to redeem it for them but later on they prosper and acquire sufficient means to redeem it themselves, | |
| 27 | then let him count the years of its sale and restore the remainder to the man to whom he sold it, that he may return to his possession. | let him calculate the years since he sold it and pay back the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and then return to his property. | they are to determine the value for the years since they sold it and refund the balance to the one to whom they sold it; they can then go back to their own property. | |
| 28 | But if his hand has not found sufficiency to have it restored to himself, then what was sold shall remain in the hand of him who bought it until the Year of the Jubilee. And it shall be released in the Jubilee, and he shall return to his possession. | But if he does not have sufficient means to recover it, then what he sold shall remain in the hand of the buyer until the year of jubilee. In the jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his property. | But if they do not acquire the means to repay, what was sold will remain in the possession of the buyer until the Year of Jubilee. It will be returned in the Jubilee, and they can then go back to their property. | |
| 29 | And if a man sells a dwelling-house in a walled city, then it shall be that he may redeem it within the completion of a year from its selling; during that year it may be redeemed. | “If a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, he may redeem it within a year of its sale. For a full year he shall have the right of redemption. | “’Anyone who sells a house in a walled city retains the right of redemption a full year after its sale. During that time the seller may redeem it. | |
| 30 | But if it is not redeemed within the filling for it of a full year, the house that is within that walled city, then it shall belong forever to the buyer of it throughout his generations; it shall not be released in the Jubilee. | If it is not redeemed within a full year, then the house in the walled city shall belong in perpetuity to the buyer, throughout his generations; it shall not be released in the jubilee. | If it is not redeemed before a full year has passed, the house in the walled city shall belong permanently to the buyer and the buyer’s descendants. It is not to be returned in the Jubilee. | |
| 31 | And the houses of the villages that have no wall around them, as the fields of the country, shall be counted redeemed; and they may be unto it; they shall be released in the Jubilee. | But the houses of the villages that have no wall around them shall be classified with the fields of the land. They may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the jubilee. | But houses in villages without walls around them are to be considered as belonging to the open country. They can be redeemed, and they are to be returned in the Jubilee. | |
| 32 | And as for the cities of the Levites, the houses the Levites shall be a redemption of perpetuity in the cities of their possession. | As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites may redeem at any time the houses in the cities they possess. | “’The Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the Levitical towns, which they possess. | |
| 33 | And as to him who redeems from the Levites, then both the sale of a house and the city of his possession shall be released in the Jubilee. For the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession in the midst of the sons of Israel. | And if one of the Levites exercises his right of redemption, then the house that was sold in a city they possess shall be released in the jubilee. For the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the people of Israel. | So the property of the Levites is redeemable—that is, a house sold in any town they hold—and is to be returned in the Jubilee, because the houses in the towns of the Levites are their property among the Israelites. | |
| 34 | And the field of the pastureland of their cities may not be sold, for it is an everlasting possession to them. | But the fields of pastureland belonging to their cities may not be sold, for that is their possession forever. | But the pastureland belonging to their towns must not be sold; it is their permanent possession. | |
| 35 | And if one of your brothers among you becomes poor and his hand has failed, then you shall help him like a sojourner or a stranger, and he may live with you. | “If your brother becomes poor and cannot maintain himself with you, you shall support him as though he were a stranger and a sojourner, and he shall live with you. | “’If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and are unable to support themselves among you, help them as you would a foreigner and stranger, so they can continue to live among you. | |
| 36 | And you shall not take usury from him or interest; you shall fear your God, that your brother may live with you. | Take no interest from him or profit, but fear your God, that your brother may live beside you. | Do not take interest or any profit from them, but fear your God, so that they may continue to live among you. | |
| 37 | You shall lend your silver to him, not for usury at a profit, nor sell him your food. | You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit. | You must not lend them money at interest or sell them food at a profit. | |
| 38 | I am YHWH your⁺ God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give to 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. | I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God. | |
| 39 | And if one of your brothers among you becomes poor, and he sells himself to you, you shall not compel him to serve as a slave. | “If your brother becomes poor beside you and sells himself to you, you shall not make him serve as a slave: | “’If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves. | |
| 40 | He shall be as a hireling and a sojourner with you; he shall serve you until the Year of the Jubilee. | he shall be with you as a hired worker and as a sojourner. He shall serve with you until the year of the jubilee. | They are to be treated as hired workers or temporary residents among you; they are to work for you until the Year of Jubilee. | |
| 41 | And he shall depart from you, and his children with him, and he shall return to his own family, and to the possession of his fathers he shall return. | Then he shall go out from you, he and his children with him, and go back to his own clan and return to the possession of his fathers. | Then they and their children are to be released, and they will go back to their own clans and to the property of their ancestors. | |
| 42 | For 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 out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as slaves. | Because the Israelites are my servants, whom I brought out of Egypt, they must not be sold as slaves. | |
| 43 | You shall not rule over him with rigor, and you shall fear your God. | You shall not rule over him ruthlessly but shall fear your God. | Do not rule over them ruthlessly, but fear your God. | |
| 44 | And your manservant and your maidservant whom you may have are from the nations that are around you⁺; from them you⁺ may buy a manservant and maidservant. | As for your male and female slaves whom you may have: you may buy male and female slaves from among the nations that are around you. | “’Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. | |
| 45 | Moreover, the sons of the sojourners who dwell among you⁺, these you⁺ may buy, and their clans who are with you⁺ that they beget in your⁺ land; and they shall be unto you⁺ for a possession. | You may also buy from among the strangers who sojourn with you and their clans that are with you, who have been born in your land, and they may be your property. | You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property. | |
| 46 | And you⁺ may take them as an inheritance for your⁺ children after you⁺ to inherit them as a possession forever; in them shall be your⁺ slaves, and regarding your⁺ brothers, the sons of Israel, you shall not rule with rigor one over another. | You may bequeath them to your sons after you to inherit as a possession forever. You may make slaves of them, but over your brothers the people of Israel you shall not rule, one over another ruthlessly. | You can bequeath them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly. | |
| 47 | And if a sojourner or stranger among you becomes rich, and one of your brothers by him becomes poor and sells himself to the sojourner or stranger among you, or to a member of the family of a sojourner, | “If a stranger or sojourner with you becomes rich, and your brother beside him becomes poor and sells himself to the stranger or sojourner with you or to a member of the stranger’s clan, | “’If a foreigner residing among you becomes rich and any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to the foreigner or to a member of the foreigner’s clan, | |
| 48 | after he is sold, there is unto him the right of redemption. One of his brothers may redeem him, | then after he is sold he may be redeemed. One of his brothers may redeem him, | they retain the right of redemption after they have sold themselves. One of their relatives may redeem them: | |
| 49 | or his uncle or a son of his uncle may redeem him, or someone from a close relative of his flesh from his family may redeem him, or if his own hand has attained, then he may redeem himself. | or his uncle or his cousin may redeem him, or a close relative from his clan may redeem him. Or if he grows rich he may redeem himself. | An uncle or a cousin or any blood relative in their clan may redeem them. Or if they prosper, they may redeem themselves. | |
| 50 | And he shall reckon with him who bought him from the year that he was sold to him, until the Year of the Jubilee. And the price of his release shall be according to the number of years; it is according to the time of a hireling for him. | He shall calculate with his buyer from the year when he sold himself to him until the year of jubilee, and the price of his sale shall vary with the number of years. The time he was with his owner shall be rated as the time of a hired worker. | They and their buyer are to count the time from the year they sold themselves up to the Year of Jubilee. The price for their release is to be based on the rate paid to a hired worker for that number of years. | |
| 51 | If yet there are many years according to them, he shall repay the price of his redemption from the silver with which he was bought. | If there are still many years left, he shall pay proportionately for his redemption some of his sale price. | If many years remain, they must pay for their redemption a larger share of the price paid for them. | |
| 52 | And if but a few years remain until the Year of the Jubilee, then he shall reckon with him according to his years; he shall repay him the price of his redemption. | If there remain but a few years until the year of jubilee, he shall calculate and pay for his redemption in proportion to his years of service. | If only a few years remain until the Year of Jubilee, they are to compute that and pay for their redemption accordingly. | |
| 53 | As a hireling year by year he shall be with him. He shall not rule over him with rigor in your eyes. | He shall treat him as a worker hired year by year. He shall not rule ruthlessly over him in your sight. | They are to be treated as workers hired from year to year; you must see to it that those to whom they owe service do not rule over them ruthlessly. | |
| 54 | And if he is not redeemed in these years, then he shall be released in the Year of the Jubilee—he and his children with him. | And if he is not redeemed by these means, then he and his children with him shall be released in the year of jubilee. | “’Even if someone is not redeemed in any of these ways, they and their children are to be released in the Year of Jubilee, | |
| 55 | For the sons of Israel are servants to Me. They are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am YHWH your⁺ God. | For it is to me that the people of Israel are servants. They are my servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. | for the Israelites belong to me as servants. They are my servants, whom I brought out of Egypt. I am the LORD your God. | |
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