²⁵“ ‘When your^m brother becomes poor and he sells part of his property, thenⁿ his nearest redeemer^o shall come, and he shall redeem the thing sold by his brother. ²⁶But^p if^q a man does not have^r a redeemer, then^s he prospers^t and he finds enough for his redemption, ²⁷then^u he shall calculate the years of its selling, and he shall refund the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and he shall return to his property. ²⁸But^v if his hand does not find enough to refund to him, then^w what he has sold^x shall be in the buyer’s hand until the Year of Jubilee; and it shall go out of the buyer’s hand^y in the Jubilee, and he shall return to his property.

²⁹“ ‘And if a man sells a residential house in a walled city,^z then^a it shall be his redemption until completing a year after his selling;^b its redemption shall last^c a year.^d ³⁰But^e if it is not redeemed before a full year has passed,^f then^g the house that is in the walled city^h shall belong to the buyer inⁱ perpetuity throughout his generations; it shall not go out of the buyer’s hand^j in the Jubilee. ³¹However,^k village houses that have no surrounding wall shall be considered open country;^l there is redemption for it, and in the Jubilee it shall go out of the buyer’s hand.^m

³²“ ‘As forⁿ the cities of the Levites, that is, the houses in^o their property’s cities, it shall be a lasting redemption^p for the Levites. ³³And whatever anyone redeems from the Levites then^q must go out of the buyer’s hand^r in the Jubilee, including a house’s selling in his city’s property,^s because the houses in^t the cities of the Levites are their property in the midst of the Israelites.^u ³⁴But^v a^w field of their cities’ pastureland must not be sold, because it is their property for all time.^x

³⁵“ ‘And if your^y countryman^z becomes poor and if he becomes dependent on you,^a then^b you shall support him like an alien and like a temporary resident, and he shall live with you. ³⁶You^c must not take interest or^d usury from him, but^e you shall revere your God, and your countryman^f shall live with you. ³⁷You^g must not give your money to him with interest or^h give your food forⁱ profit. ³⁸I am Yahweh your^j God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt to give you^k the land of Canaan, to be as God for you.

³⁹“ ‘And if your^l countryman^m who is with you becomes poor, and he is sold to you, you shall not treat him as a slave.ⁿ ⁴⁰He shall be with you like a hired worker, like a temporary resident; he shall work with you until the Year of Jubilee. ⁴¹And he and his sons with him shall go out from you, and he shall return to his clan, and to the property of his ancestors^o he shall return. ⁴²Because they are my servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt, they shall not be sold as a slave.^p ⁴³You^q shall not rule over him with ruthlessness, but^r you shall revere your God.

⁴⁴“ ‘As for^s your^t slave and your^u slave woman who are^v yours,^w from the nations that are all around you,^x from them you^y may buy a slave or^z a slave woman. ⁴⁵And you^a may buy also from the children^b of the temporary residents who are dwelling with you as aliens and from their clan who are with you, who have children in your land; indeed,^c they may be as property for you. ⁴⁶And you^d may pass them on as an inheritance to your^e sons^f after you^g to take possession of as property for all time^h—youⁱ may let them work. But^j as for your^k countrymen,^l the Israelites,^m youⁿ shall not rule with ruthlessness over one another.^o

⁴⁷“ ‘And if the alien or^p the temporary resident who are with you^q prosper,^r but^s your countryman^t who is with him becomes poor and he is sold to an alien, a temporary resident who is with you, or to a descendant of an alien’s clan, ⁴⁸after he is sold redemption shall be for him; one of his brothers may redeem him, ⁴⁹or his uncle or his uncle’s son may redeem him, or one of^u his close relatives^v from his clan may redeem him; or if he prospers,^w he may redeem himself. ⁵⁰And he shall calculate with his buyer from the year of his selling himself^x until the Jubilee; and the value of his selling shall be according to the number of years—it shall be with him like^y a hired worker’s days. ⁵¹If there are still many years, in keeping with them^z he shall restore his redemption in proportion to his purchase price.^a ⁵²And if there are a few years left until the Year of Jubilee, then^b he shall calculate for himself; he shall restore his redemption according to the number of his years.^c

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Footnotes

kPlural
lPlural
mSingular
nOr “and”
oLiterally “his redeemer the nearest to him”
pOr “And”
qOr “when”
rLiterally “it is not for him”
sOr “and”
tLiterally “his hand produces”
uOr “and”
vOr “And”
wOr “and”
xLiterally “his thing sold”
yMeaning derived from context; an alternative translation could be “shall not be released” (cf. NKJV, NRSV, ESV, NJPS) or “shall not revert” (NASB, NET)
zLiterally “a house of a dwelling of a city wall”
aOr “and”
bLiterally “a year of his selling”
cLiterally “shall be”
dLiterally “days”
eOr “And”
fLiterally “until the fulfilling of for him/it an entire year”
gOr “and”
hLiterally “in the city that for it a wall”
iHebrew “for”
jMeaning derived from context; an alternative translation could be “shall not be released” (cf. NKJV, NRSV, ESV, NJPS) or “shall not revert” (NASB, NET)
kOr “And” or “But”
lLiterally “the field of the land”
mMeaning derived from context; an alternative translation could be “shall not be released” (cf. NKJV, NRSV, ESV, NJPS) or “shall not revert” (NASB, NET)
nOr “And”
oHebrew “of”
pOr “a permanent redemption”; literally “redemption of eternity” or “redemption of long duration”
qOr “and”
rMeaning derived from context; an alternative translation could be “shall not be released” (cf. NKJV, NRSV, ESV, NJPS) or “shall not revert” (NASB, NET)
sLiterally “the city of his property”
tHebrew “of”
uLiterally “sons/children of Israel”
vOr “And”
wHebrew “the”
xLiterally “a property of eternity it is for them” or “a property of long duration it is for them”
ySingular throughout this verse
zOr “brother”
aLiterally “and his hand is shaky with you”
bOr “and”
cSingular throughout this verse
dOr “and”
eOr “and”
fOr “brother”
gSingular throughout this verse
hOr “and”
iOr “in” or “with”
jPlural throughout this verse
kLiterally “to you”
lSingular throughout this verse
mOr “brother”
nLiterally “you shall not let him work the work of a slave” or “you shall not enslave him the work of a slave”
oOr “fathers”
pLiterally “a selling of a slave”
qSingular throughout this verse
rOr “and”
sOr “And”
tSingular
uSingular
vOr “may be” (permission; cf. NASU, ESV, NRSV) or “can be” (ability)
wSingular
xPlural
yPlural
zOr “and”
aPlural throughout this verse
bOr “sons”
cOr “and”
dPlural
ePlural
fOr “children”
gPlural
hLiterally “to eternity” or “forever” or “for a long duration”
iPlural
jOr “And”
kPlural
lOr “brothers”
mLiterally “sons/children of Israel”
nSingular
oLiterally “a man over his brother”
pOr “and”
qSingular throughout this verse
rLiterally “the hand produces”
sOr “and”
tOr “brother”
uLiterally “from”
vLiterally “the direct relative of his flesh”
wLiterally “his hand produces”
xLiterally “his being sold for him”
yOr “as”
zLiterally “to the mouth of them”
aLiterally “from the price of his acquisition”
bOr “and”
cLiterally “according to the mouth of his years”