Verse 12
Leviticus 25:12
Free Bible Version
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It is a Jubilee and it is to be holy to you. You can eat whatever the land produces.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּ֚י יוֹבֵ֣ל הִ֔וא קֹ֖דֶשׁ תִּהְיֶ֣ה לָ/כֶ֑ם מִן הַ֨/שָּׂדֶ֔ה תֹּאכְל֖וּ אֶת תְּבוּאָתָֽ/הּ
English Translation
For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy for you. From the field you shall eat its produce.
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Chapter 25 Context
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The Lord told Moses on Mount Sinai,
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“Tell the Israelites: When you enter the land that I'm giving you, the land itself must also observe...
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Six years you can cultivate your fields, take care of your vineyards, and harvest your crops.
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But the seventh year is to be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land, a Sabbath in honor of the Lor...
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Don't harvest what may have grown up in your fields, or collect the grapes from your vineyards that...
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You can eat whatever the land produces during the Sabbath year. This applies to yourself, your male...
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and to your livestock and the wild animals living in your land. Whatever grows can be used for food.
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Count seven ‘sabbaths’ of years, in other words, seven times seven years, so that the seven sabbaths...
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Then blow the trumpet all through the country on the tenth day of the seventh month, which is the Da...
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You are to dedicate the fiftieth year and announce freedom everywhere in the country for all who liv...
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The fiftieth year will be a Jubilee for you. Don't sow the land; don't harvest what may have grown u...
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It is a Jubilee and it is to be holy to you. You can eat whatever the land produces.
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In this Jubilee Year, every one of you shall return to your own property.
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If you sell land to your neighbor, or buy land from him, don't exploit one another.
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When you buy from your neighbor work out how many years have passed since the last Jubilee, for he i...
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The more years that are left, the more you shall pay; the fewer years that are left, the less you sh...
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Don't exploit one another, but have respect for your God (Elohim), because I am the Lord your God (E...
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Keep my rules and observe my regulations, so you can live in safety in the land.
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Then the land will produce good harvests, so you will have plenty to eat and live in safety there.
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But if you ask, ‘What are we going to do in the seventh year if we do not sow or harvest our crops?’
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I will bless you in the sixth year, so that the land will produce a crop that will be enough for thr...
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As you sow in the eighth year, you will still be eating from that harvest, which will last until you...
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Land must not be permanently sold, because it really belongs to me. To me you are only foreigners an...
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So whatever land you buy to own, you must make arrangements so it can be returned to its original ow...
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If one of your people becomes poor and sells you some of their land, their close family can come and...
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However, if they don't have anyone who can buy it back, but in the meantime their financial situatio...
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they will work however many years it has been since the sale, and pay back the balance to the person...
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If they can't raise enough to pay the person back for the land, the buyer will remain its owner unti...
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If someone sells a house located in a walled town, they have the right to buy it back for a full yea...
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If it isn't bought back by the end of a full year, then ownership of the house in the walled town is...
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But houses in villages that don't have walls around them are to be treated as located in the fields....
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However, the Levites always have the right to buy back their houses in the towns that belong to them...
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Whatever the Levites own can be bought back, even houses sold in their towns, and must be returned i...
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However, the fields surrounding their towns must not be sold because they belong to the Levites perm...
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If any of your people become poor and can't survive, you must help them in the same way you would he...
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Don't make them pay you any interest or demand more than they borrowed, but respect your God (Elohim...
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Remember, I am the Lord your God (Elohim) who led you out of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan an...
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If any of your people become poor and have to sell themselves to work for you, don't force them to w...
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Have them live with you like a paid worker who is staying with you for a while. They are to work for...
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Then they and their children must be freed, and they can go back to their family and to their family...
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Israelites are not to be sold as slaves because they belong to me as my slaves—I led them out of Egy...
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Don't treat them with brutality. Have respect for your God (Elohim).
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You can also buy them from foreigners who have come to live among you, or from their descendants bor...
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You can pass them on to your children to inherit as property after you die. You can make them slaves...
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If a foreigner among you becomes successful, and one of your people living nearby becomes poor and s...
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they still have the right of being bought back after the sale. A member of their family can buy them...
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an uncle or cousin or any close relative from their family can buy them back. If they become success...
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The person concerned and their buyer will work out the time from the year of the sale up to the Jubi...
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If there are many years left, they must pay a larger percentage of the purchase price.
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If there are only a few years remaining before the Jubilee Year, then they only have to pay a percen...
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They are to live with their foreign owner just like a paid worker, hired from year to year, but see...
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If they are not bought back in any of the ways described, they and their children shall be freed in...
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For the Israelites belong to me as my slaves. They are my slaves—I led them out of Egypt. I am the L...
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