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And the LORD spake# unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying# ,
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2
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Speak# unto the children of Israel, and say# unto them, When ye come# into the land which I give# you, then shall the land keep# a sabbath unto the LORD.
[keep: Heb. rest]
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3
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Six years thou shalt sow# thy field, and six years thou shalt prune# thy vineyard, and gather# in the fruit thereof;
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4
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But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow# thy field, nor prune# thy vineyard.
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5
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That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap# , neither gather# the grapes of thy vine undressed:
for it is a year of rest unto the land.
[of thy vine...: Heb. of thy separation]
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6
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And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth# with thee,
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7
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And for thy cattle, and for the beast that
are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat# .
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8
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And thou shalt number# seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.
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9
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Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound# on the tenth
day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound# throughout all your land.
[of the jubile: Heb. loud of sound]
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10
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And ye shall hallow# the fiftieth# year, and proclaim# liberty throughout
all the land unto all the inhabitants# thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return# every man unto his possession, and ye shall return# every man unto his family.
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11
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A jubile shall that fiftieth# year be unto you: ye shall not sow# , neither reap# that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather#
the grapes in it of thy vine undressed.
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12
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For it
is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat# the increase thereof out of the field.
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13
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In the year of this jubile ye shall return# every man unto his possession.
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14
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And if thou sell# ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest#
ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress# one another:
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15
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According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy# of thy neighbour,
and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell# unto thee:
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16
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According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase# the price thereof, and according to the fewness# of years thou shalt diminish# the price of it: for
according to the number
of the years of the fruits doth he sell# unto thee.
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17
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Ye shall not therefore oppress# one another; but thou shalt fear# thy God: for I
am the LORD your God.
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18
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Wherefore ye shall do# my statutes, and keep# my judgments, and do# them; and ye shall dwell# in the land in safety.
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19
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And the land shall yield# her fruit, and ye shall eat# your fill, and dwell# therein in safety.
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20
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And if ye shall say# , What shall we eat# the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow# , nor gather# in our increase:
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21
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Then I will command# my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth# fruit for three years.
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22
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And ye shall sow# the eighth year, and eat#
yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in# ye shall eat#
of the old
store .
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23
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The land shall not be sold# for ever: for the land
is mine; for ye
are strangers and sojourners with me.
[for ever: or, to be quite cut off: Heb. for cutting off]
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24
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And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant# a redemption for the land.
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25
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If thy brother be waxen poor# , and hath sold# away
some of his possession, and if any of his kin come# to redeem# it, then shall he redeem# that which his brother sold.
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26
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And if the man have none to redeem# it, and himself be able# # to redeem# # it;
[himself...: Heb. his hand hath attained and found sufficiency]
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27
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Then let him count# the years of the sale thereof, and restore# the overplus# unto the man to whom he sold# it; that he may return# unto his possession.
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28
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But if he be not able to restore# # #
it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought# it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out# , and he shall return# unto his possession.
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29
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And if a man 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.
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30
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And if it be not 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 jubile.
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But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted# as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out# in the jubile.
[they may...: Heb. redemption belongeth unto it]
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32
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Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites,
and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
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33
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And if a man purchase# of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out# in
the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites
are their possession among the children of Israel.
[a man...: or, one of the Levites redeem them]
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34
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But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold# ; for it
is their perpetual possession.
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And if thy brother be waxen poor# , and fallen in decay# with thee; then thou shalt relieve# him:
yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
[fallen...: Heb. his hand faileth]
[relieve: Heb. strengthen]
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36
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Take# thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear# thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
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37
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Thou shalt not give# him thy money upon usury, nor lend# him thy victuals for increase.
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38
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I
am the LORD your God, which brought you forth# out of the land of Egypt, to give# you the land of Canaan,
and to be your God.
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39
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And if thy brother
that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor# , and be sold# unto thee; thou shalt not compel# him to serve as a bondservant:
[compel...: Heb. serve thyself with him with the service, etc]
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40
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But as an hired servant,
and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee,
and shall serve# thee unto the year of jubile:
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41
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And
then shall he depart# from thee,
both he and his children with him, and shall return# unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return# .
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42
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For they
are my servants, which I brought forth# out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold# as bondmen.
[as...: Heb. with the sale of a bondman]
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43
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Thou shalt not rule# over him with rigour; but shalt fear# thy God.
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44
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Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have,
shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy# bondmen and bondmaids.
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45
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Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn# among you, of them shall ye buy# , and of their families that
are with you, which they begat# in your land: and they shall be your possession.
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46
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And ye shall take them as an inheritance# for your children after you, to inherit#
them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen# for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule# one over another with rigour.
[they...: Heb. ye shall serve yourselves with them]
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47
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And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich# by thee, and thy brother
that dwelleth by him wax poor# , and sell# himself unto the stranger
or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:
[wax rich...: Heb. his hand obtain, etc]
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48
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After that he is sold# he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem# him:
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49
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Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem# him, or
any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem# him; or if he be able# , he may redeem# himself.
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50
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And he shall reckon# with him that bought# him from the year that he was sold# to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him.
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51
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If
there be yet many years
behind , according unto them he shall give again# the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
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52
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And if there remain# but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count# with him,
and according unto his years shall he give him again# the price of his redemption.
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53
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And as a yearly# hired servant shall he be with him:
and the other shall not rule# with rigour over him in thy sight.
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54
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And if he be not redeemed# in these
years , then he shall go out# in the year of jubile,
both he, and his children with him.
[in these...: or, by these means]
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55
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For unto me the children of Israel
are servants; they
are my servants whom I brought forth# out of the land of Egypt: I
am the LORD your God.
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