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Leviticus 25:29–41

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29“ ‘And if a man sells a residential house in a walled city,z thena it shall be his redemption until completing a year after his selling;b its redemption shall lastc a year.d 30Bute if it is not redeemed before a full year has passed,f theng the house that is in the walled cityh shall belong to the buyer ini perpetuity throughout his generations; it shall not go out of the buyer’s handj 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 ino their property’s cities, it shall be a lasting redemptionp for the Levites. 33And whatever anyone redeems from the Levites thenq must go out of the buyer’s handr in the Jubilee, including a house’s selling in his city’s property,s because the houses int the cities of the Levites are their property in the midst of the Israelites.u 34Butv aw field of their cities’ pastureland must not be sold, because it is their property for all time.x

35“ ‘And if youry countrymanz becomes poor and if he becomes dependent on you,a thenb you shall support him like an alien and like a temporary resident, and he shall live with you. 36Youc must not take interest ord usury from him, bute you shall revere your God, and your countrymanf shall live with you. 37Youg must not give your money to him with interest orh give your food fori profit. 38I am Yahweh yourj God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt to give youk the land of Canaan, to be as God for you.

39“ ‘And if yourl countrymanm 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 ancestorso he shall return.

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Footnotes

  1. zLiterally “a house of a dwelling of a city wall”
  2. aOr “and”
  3. bLiterally “a year of his selling”
  4. cLiterally “shall be”
  5. dLiterally “days”
  6. eOr “And”
  7. fLiterally “until the fulfilling of for him/it an entire year”
  8. gOr “and”
  9. hLiterally “in the city that for it a wall”
  10. iHebrew “for”
  11. jMeaning derived from context; an alternative translation could be “shall not be released” (cf. NKJV, NRSV, ESV, NJPS) or “shall not revert” (NASB, NET)
  12. kOr “And” or “But”
  13. lLiterally “the field of the land”
  14. mMeaning derived from context; an alternative translation could be “shall not be released” (cf. NKJV, NRSV, ESV, NJPS) or “shall not revert” (NASB, NET)
  15. nOr “And”
  16. oHebrew “of”
  17. pOr “a permanent redemption”; literally “redemption of eternity” or “redemption of long duration”
  18. qOr “and”
  19. rMeaning derived from context; an alternative translation could be “shall not be released” (cf. NKJV, NRSV, ESV, NJPS) or “shall not revert” (NASB, NET)
  20. sLiterally “the city of his property”
  21. tHebrew “of”
  22. uLiterally “sons/children of Israel”
  23. vOr “And”
  24. wHebrew “the”
  25. xLiterally “a property of eternity it is for them” or “a property of long duration it is for them”
  26. ySingular throughout this verse
  27. zOr “brother”
  28. aLiterally “and his hand is shaky with you”
  29. bOr “and”
  30. cSingular throughout this verse
  31. dOr “and”
  32. eOr “and”
  33. fOr “brother”
  34. gSingular throughout this verse
  35. hOr “and”
  36. iOr “in” or “with”
  37. jPlural throughout this verse
  38. kLiterally “to you”
  39. lSingular throughout this verse
  40. mOr “brother”
  41. nLiterally “you shall not let him work the work of a slave” or “you shall not enslave him the work of a slave”
  42. oOr “fathers”

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