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Leviticus 25:1–17

The Sabbath Year

25 Thena Yahweh spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai,b saying, “Speak to the Israelites,c and say to them, ‘When youd come into the land that I am about to give to you,e thenf the land shall observe a Sabbath for Yahweh. Six years youg shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and you shall gather its yield. Buth in the seventh year it shall be a Sabbath of complete resti for the land—a Sabbath for Yahweh; youj must not sow your field, and you must not prune your vineyard. Youk must not reap your harvest’s aftergrowth, and you must not harvest the grapes of your unpruned vines—it shall be a year of complete restl for the land. And a Sabbath of the land shall be for food for you:m for youn and for your slave and for your slave woman and for your hired worker and for your temporary residentso who are dwelling as aliens with you; and all its yield shall be for yourp domestic animal and for the wild animal, which are in your land to eat.

The Year of Jubilee

“ ‘And youq shall count for yourself seven Sabbaths of years, seven times seven years, and they shall be for you time periods ofr seven Sabbaths of years: forty-nines years. And yout shall cause a loud horn blastu to be heard on the seventh month on the tenth of the month; on the Day of Atonement youv shall cause a ram’s horn to be heard in all yourw land. 10 And youx shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and you shall proclaim a release in the land for all its inhabitants. It is a Jubilee; it shall be for you, and you shall return. You must return—everyone to his property and everyone to his clan.y 11 Youz shall have the fiftieth year as a Jubilee;a you must not sow and you must not reap its aftergrowth, and you must not harvest its unpruned vines. 12 Because it is a Jubilee, it shall be holy to you. You must eat itsb produce from the field.

13 “ ‘In this Year of Jubilee each of youc shall returnd to his property. 14 And when youe sell something to yourf fellow citizen or you buy from yourg neighbor’s hand, youh must not oppress one another.i 15 Youj must buy from your fellow citizen according to the number of years after the Jubilee; he must sell to you according to the number of years of yield. 16 Youk must increase its price according to a greater number of years,l butm you must decrease its price according to a lesser number of years,n because he is selling its yields to you. 17 And youo must not oppress one another,p butq your shall revere your God, because I am Yahweh, yours God.

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