Verse 49
Leviticus 25:49
Bible in Basic English
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Or his father's brother, or the son of his father's brother, or any near relation; or if he gets money, he may make himself free.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אוֹ דֹד֞/וֹ א֤וֹ בֶן דֹּד/וֹ֙ יִגְאָלֶ֔/נּוּ אֽוֹ מִ/שְּׁאֵ֧ר בְּשָׂר֛/וֹ מִ/מִּשְׁפַּחְתּ֖/וֹ יִגְאָלֶ֑/נּוּ אֽוֹ הִשִּׂ֥יגָה יָד֖/וֹ וְ/נִגְאָֽל
English Translation
Either his uncle or his uncle's son will redeem him, or one of his relatives will redeem him, or if his hand should attain, he will be redeemed.
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Chapter 25 Context
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And the Lord said to Moses on Mount Sinai,
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Say to the children of Israel, When you come into the land which I will give you, let the land keep...
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For six years put seed into your land, and for six years give care to your vines and get in the prod...
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But let the seventh year be a Sabbath of rest for the land, a Sabbath to the Lord; do not put seed i...
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That which comes to growth of itself may not be cut, and the grapes of your uncared-for vines may no...
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And the Sabbath of the land will give food for you and your man-servant and your woman-servant and t...
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And for your cattle and the beasts on the land; all the natural increase of the land will be for foo...
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And let seven Sabbaths of years be numbered to you, seven times seven years; even the days of seven...
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Then let the loud horn be sounded far and wide on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the day of...
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And let this fiftieth year be kept holy, and say publicly that everyone in the land is free from deb...
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Let this fiftieth year be the Jubilee: no seed may be planted, and that which comes to growth of its...
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For it is the Jubilee, and it is holy to you; your food will be the natural increase of the field.
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In this year of Jubilee, let every man go back to his heritage.
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And in the business of trading goods for money, do no wrong to one another.
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Let your exchange of goods with your neighbours have relation to the number of years after the year...
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If the number of years is great, the price will be increased, and if the number of years is small, t...
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And do no wrong, one to another, but let the fear of your God (Elohim) be before you; for I am the L...
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So keep my rules and my decisions and do them, and you will be safe in your land.
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And the land will give her fruit, and you will have food in full measure and be safe in the land.
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And if you say, Where will our food come from in the seventh year, when we may not put in seed, or g...
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Then I will send my blessing on you in the sixth year, and the land will give fruit enough for three...
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And in the eighth year you will put in your seed, and get your food from the old stores, till the fr...
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No exchange of land may be for ever, for the land is mine, and you are as my guests, living with me...
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Wherever there is property in land, the owner is to have the right of getting it back.
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If your brother becomes poor, and has to give up some of his land for money, his nearest relation ma...
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And if he has no one to get it back for him, and later he himself gets wealth and has enough money t...
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Then let him take into account the years from the time when he gave it up, and make up the loss for...
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But if he is not able to get it back for himself, then it will be kept by him who gave a price for i...
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And if a man gives his house in a walled town for money, he has the right to get it back for the spa...
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And if he does not get it back by the end of the year, then the house in the town will become the pr...
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But houses in small unwalled towns will be the same as property in the country; they may be got back...
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But the houses in the towns of the Levites may be got back by the Levites at any time.
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And if a Levite does not give money to get back his property, his house in the town which was exchan...
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But the land on the outskirts of their towns may not be exchanged for money, for it is their propert...
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And if your brother becomes poor and is not able to make a living, then you are to keep him with you...
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Take no interest from him, in money or in goods, but have the fear of your God (Elohim) before you,...
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Do not take interest on the money which you let him have or on the food which you give him.
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I am the Lord your God (Elohim), who took you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaa...
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And if your brother becomes poor and gives himself to you for money, do not make use of him like a s...
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But let him be with you as a servant working for payment, till the year of Jubilee;
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Then he will go out from you, he and his children with him, and go back to his family and to the pro...
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For they are my servants whom I took out from the land of Egypt; they may not become the property of...
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Do not be a hard master to him, but have the fear of God (Elohim) before you.
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But you may get servants as property from among the nations round about; from them you may take men-...
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And in addition, you may get, for money, servants from among the children of other nations who are l...
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And they will be your children's heritage after you, to keep as their property; they will be your se...
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And if one from another nation living among you gets wealth, and your countryman, at his side, becom...
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After he has given himself he has the right to be made free, for a price, by one of his brothers,
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Or his father's brother, or the son of his father's brother, or any near relation; or if he gets mon...
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And let the years be numbered from the time when he gave himself to his owner till the year of Jubil...
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If there is still a long time, he will give back, on account of it, a part of the price which was gi...
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And if there is only a short time, he will take account of it with his master, and in relation to th...
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And he will be with him as a servant working for payment year by year; his master is not to be cruel...
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And if he is not made free in this way, he will go out in the year of Jubilee, he and his children w...
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For the children of Israel are servants to me; they are my servants whom I took out of the land of E...
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