Leviticus 25 Parallel Bible

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1	The LORD spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying,	The LORD said to Moses on Mount Sinai:	The LORD said to Moses at Mount Sinai,
2	“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 tell them: When you enter the land that I am giving you, let the land, too, keep a sabbath for 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	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 you may sow your field, and for six years prune your vineyard, gathering in their produce.	For six years sow your fields, and for six years prune your vineyards and gather their crops.
4	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 during the seventh year the land shall have a sabbath of complete rest, a sabbath for the LORD, when you may neither sow your field nor 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	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.	The aftergrowth of your harvest you shall not reap, nor shall you pick the grapes of your untrimmed vines. It shall be a year of 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	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,	While the land has its sabbath, all its produce will be food to eat for you yourself and for your male and female slave, for your laborer and the tenant who live 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 cattle and for the wild animals that are in your land: all its yield shall be for food.	and likewise for your livestock and for the wild animals on your land.	as well as for your livestock and the wild animals in your land. Whatever the land produces may be eaten.
8	“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.	You shall count seven weeks of years—seven times seven years—such that the seven weeks of years amount to 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	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, on the tenth day of the seventh month let the ram’s horn resound; on this, the Day of Atonement, the ram’s horn blast shall resound throughout 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 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.	You shall treat this fiftieth year as sacred. You shall proclaim liberty in the land for all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you, when each of you shall return to your own property, each of you to your own family.	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 jubilee for you; in it you shall neither sow nor reap what grows of itself nor gather the grapes from the undressed vines.	This fiftieth year is your year of jubilee; you shall not sow, nor shall you reap the aftergrowth or pick the untrimmed 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 may eat the produce of the field.	since this is the jubilee. It shall be sacred for you. You may only eat what the field yields of itself.	For it is a jubilee and is to be holy for you; eat only what is taken directly from the fields.
13	“In this year of jubilee each of you shall return to his property.	In this year of jubilee, then, each of you shall return to your own property.	“’In this Year of Jubilee everyone is to return to their own property.
14	And if you make a sale to your neighbor or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.	Therefore, when you sell any land to your neighbor or buy any from your neighbor, do not deal unfairly with 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	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.	On the basis of the number of years since the last jubilee you shall purchase the land from your neighbor; and so also, on the basis of the number of years of harvest, that person shall sell it to you.	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	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, the price shall be so much the more; when the years are few, the price shall be so much the less. For it is really the number of harvests that the person sells 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	You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God, for I am the LORD your God.	Do not deal unfairly with one another, then; but stand in fear of your God. I, the LORD, am your God.	Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God. I am the LORD your God.
18	“Therefore you shall do my statutes and keep my rules and perform them, and then you will dwell in the land securely.	Observe my statutes and be careful to keep my ordinances, so that you will dwell securely in the land.	“’Follow my decrees and be careful to obey my laws, and you will live safely in the land.
19	The land will yield its fruit, and you will eat your fill and dwell in it securely.	The land will yield its fruit and you will eat your fill, and live there securely.	Then the land will yield its fruit, and you will eat your fill and live there in safety.
20	And if you say, ‘What shall we eat in the seventh year, if we may not sow or gather in our crop?’	And if you say, “What shall we eat in the seventh year, if we do not sow or reap our crop?”	You may ask, “What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not plant or harvest our crops?”
21	I will command my blessing on you in the sixth year, so that it will produce a crop sufficient for three years.	I will command such a blessing for you in the sixth year that there will be crop enough for three years,	I will send you such a blessing in the sixth year that the land will yield enough for three years.
22	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.	and when you sow in the eighth year, you will still be eating from the old crop; even into the ninth year, until the crop comes in, you will still be eating from the old crop.	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	“The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine. For you are strangers and sojourners with me.	The land shall not be sold irrevocably; for the land is mine, and you are but resident aliens and under my authority.	“’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 country you possess, you shall allow a redemption of the land.	Therefore, in every part of the country that you occupy, you must permit the land to be redeemed.	Throughout the land that you hold as a possession, you must provide for the redemption of the land.
25	“If your brother becomes poor and sells part of his property, then his nearest redeemer shall come and redeem what his brother has sold.	When one of your kindred is reduced to poverty and has to sell some property, that person’s closest relative, who has the duty to redeem it, shall come and redeem what the relative 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	If a man has no one to redeem it and then himself becomes prosperous and finds sufficient means to redeem it,	If, however, the person has no relative to redeem it, but later on acquires 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	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.	the person shall calculate the years since the sale, return the balance to the one to whom it was sold, and thus regain the 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 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 the person does not acquire sufficient means to buy back the land, what was sold shall remain in the possession of the purchaser until the year of the jubilee, when it must be released and returned to the original owner.	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	“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.	When someone sells a dwelling in a walled town, it can be redeemed up to a full year after its sale—the redemption period is one year.	“’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	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.	But if such a house in a walled town has not been redeemed at the end of a full year, it shall belong irrevocably to the purchaser throughout the 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	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.	However, houses in villages that are not encircled by walls shall be reckoned as part of the surrounding farm land; they may be redeemed, and in the jubilee they must be released.	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	As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites may redeem at any time the houses in the cities they possess.	In levitical cities the Levites shall always have the right to redeem the houses in the cities that are in their possession.	“’The Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the Levitical towns, which they possess.
33	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.	As for levitical property that goes unredeemed—houses sold in cities of their possession shall be released in the jubilee; for the houses in levitical cities are their possession in the midst of the Israelites.	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	But the fields of pastureland belonging to their cities may not be sold, for that is their possession forever.	Moreover, the pasture land belonging to their cities shall not be sold at all; it must always remain their possession.	But the pastureland belonging to their towns must not be sold; it is their permanent possession.
35	“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.	When one of your kindred is reduced to poverty and becomes indebted to you, you shall support that person like a resident alien; let your kindred 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	Take no interest from him or profit, but fear your God, that your brother may live beside you.	Do not exact interest in advance or accrued interest, but out of fear of God let your kindred live with 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 not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.	Do not give your money at interest or your food at a profit.	You must not lend them money at interest or sell them food at a profit.
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.	I, the LORD, am 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	“If your brother becomes poor beside you and sells himself to you, you shall not make him serve as a slave:	When your kindred with you, having been so reduced to poverty, sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves.	“’If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves.
40	he shall be with you as a hired worker and as a sojourner. He shall serve with you until the year of the jubilee.	Rather, let them be like laborers or like your tenants, working with you until the jubilee year,	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	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.	when, together with any children, they shall be released from your service and return to their family and to their ancestral property.	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.	Since they are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt, they shall not sell themselves as slaves are sold.	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 ruthlessly but shall fear your God.	Do not lord it over them harshly, but stand in fear of your God.	Do not rule over them ruthlessly, but fear your God.
44	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.	The male and female slaves that you possess—these you shall acquire from the nations round about you.	“’Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves.
45	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 acquire them from among the resident aliens who reside with you, and from their families who are with you, those whom they bore in your land. These you may possess,	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	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.	and bequeath to your children as their hereditary possession forever. You may treat them as slaves. But none of you shall lord it harshly over any of your fellow Israelites.	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	“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,	When your kindred, having been so reduced to poverty, sell themselves to a resident alien who has become wealthy or to descendants of a resident alien’s family,	“’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	then after he is sold he may be redeemed. One of his brothers may redeem him,	even after having sold themselves, they still may be redeemed by one of their kindred,	they retain the right of redemption after they have sold themselves. One of their relatives may redeem them:
49	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.	by an uncle or cousin, or by some other relative from their family; or, having acquired the means, they may pay the redemption price themselves.	An uncle or a cousin or any blood relative in their clan may redeem them. Or if they prosper, they may redeem themselves.
50	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.	With the purchaser they shall compute the years from the sale to the jubilee, distributing the sale price over these years as though they had been hired as laborers.	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 there are still many years left, he shall pay proportionately for his redemption some of his sale price.	The more years there are, the more of the sale price they shall pay back as the redemption price;	If many years remain, they must pay for their redemption a larger share of the price paid for them.
52	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.	the fewer years there are before the jubilee year, the more they have as credit; in proportion to the years of service they shall pay the redemption price.	If only a few years remain until the Year of Jubilee, they are to compute that and pay for their redemption accordingly.
53	He shall treat him as a worker hired year by year. He shall not rule ruthlessly over him in your sight.	The tenant alien shall treat those who sold themselves as laborers hired on an annual basis, and the alien shall not lord it over them harshly before your very eyes.	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 by these means, then he and his children with him shall be released in the year of jubilee.	And if they are not redeemed by these means, they shall nevertheless be released, together with any children, in the jubilee year.	“’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 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 the land of Egypt, I, 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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