Leviticus 25:8–15

The Year of Jubilee

⁸“ ‘Count off seven groups of seven years, or forty-nine years. During that time there will be seven years of rest for the land. ⁹On the Day of Cleansing, you must blow the horn of a male sheep; this will be on the tenth day of the seventh month. You must blow the horn through the whole country. ¹⁰Make the fiftieth year a special year, and announce freedom for all the people living in your country. This time will be called Jubilee. ⁿ You will each go back to your own property, each to your own family and family group. ¹¹The fiftieth year will be a special time for you to celebrate. Don’t plant seeds, or harvest the crops that grow by themselves, or gather grapes from the vines that are not trimmed. ¹²That year is Jubilee; it will be a holy time for you. You may eat only the crops that come from the field. ¹³In the year of Jubilee you each must go back to your own property.

¹⁴“ ‘If you sell your land to your neighbor, or if you buy land from your neighbor, don’t cheat each other. ¹⁵If you want to buy your neighbor’s land, count the number of years since the last Jubilee, and use that number to decide the right price. If your neighbor sells the land to you, count the number of years left for harvesting crops, and use that number to decide the right price.