Leviticus 25:1-24 ▼

1 Then the LORD {YHWH} said to Moses (drawn out) on Mount Sinai (thorny),

2 “Speak to the Israelites (God prevails) and say to them: When you⁺ enter the land that I am giving you⁺, the land itself must observe a Sabbath to the LORD {YHWH}.

3 For six years you may sow your field and prune your vineyard and gather its crops.

4 But in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land—a Sabbath to the LORD {YHWH}. You are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard.

5 You are not to reap the aftergrowth of your harvest or gather the grapes of your untended vines. The land must have a year of complete rest.

6 Whatever the land yields during the Sabbath year shall be food for you—for yourself, your manservant and maidservant, the hired hand or foreigner who stays with you,

7 and for your livestock and the wild animals in your land. All its growth may serve as food.

8 And you shall count off seven Sabbaths of years—seven times seven years—so that the seven Sabbaths of years amount to forty-nine years.

9 Then you are to sound the horn far and wide on the tenth day of the seventh month, the Day of Atonement. You⁺ shall sound it throughout your⁺ land.

10 So you⁺ are to consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty in the land for all its inhabitants. It shall be your⁺ Jubilee, when each of you⁺ is to return to his property and to his clan.

11 The fiftieth year will be a Jubilee for you⁺; you⁺ are not to sow the land or reap its aftergrowth or harvest the untended vines.

12 For it is a Jubilee; it shall be holy to you⁺. You⁺ may eat only the crops taken directly from the field.

13 In this Year of Jubilee, each of you⁺ shall return to his own property.

14 If you⁺ make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, you⁺ must not take advantage of each other.

15 You are to buy from your neighbor according to the number of years since the last Jubilee; he is to sell to you according to the number of harvest years remaining.

16 You shall increase the price in proportion to a greater number of years, or decrease it in proportion to a lesser number of years; for he is selling you a given number of harvests.

17 Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God {Eloheka}; for I am the LORD your⁺ God {YHWH Eloheikem}.

18 You⁺ are to keep My statutes and carefully observe My judgments, so that you⁺ may dwell securely in the land.

19 Then the land will yield its fruit, so that you⁺ can eat your fill and dwell in safety in the land.

20 Now you⁺ may wonder, ‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not sow or gather our produce?’

21 But I will send My blessing upon you⁺ in the sixth year, so that the land will yield a crop sufficient for three years.

22 While you⁺ are sowing in the eighth year, you⁺ will be eating from the previous harvest, until the ninth year’s harvest comes in.

23 The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you⁺ are but foreigners and residents with Me.

24 Thus for every piece of property you⁺ possess, you⁺ must provide for the redemption of the land.