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Leviticus 25

Leviticus 25 establishes the sabbatical year and jubilee. Every seventh year the land rests, and after seven sabbatical cycles the fiftieth year is proclaimed as jubilee, bringing liberty and restoration of inherited property. Land sales are therefore treated as temporary leases based on years of harvest, because the land ultimately belongs to the LORD. The chapter also protects poor Israelites through redemption rights, interest restrictions, and limits on permanent bondage.

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Leviticus 25 establishes the sabbatical year and jubilee. Every seventh year the land rests, and after seven sabbatical cycles the fiftieth year is proclaimed as jubilee, bringing liberty and restoration of inherited property. Land sales are therefore treated as temporary leases based on years of harvest, because the land ultimately belongs to the LORD. The chapter also protects poor Israelites through redemption rights, interest restrictions, and limits on permanent bondage.

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Verses 1–7The sabbath year for the landVerses 8–17The year of Jubilee and the return of possessionsVerses 18–22God promises provision for obedienceVerses 23–34The land and houses may be redeemedVerses 35–38Care for a poor brother and no usuryVerses 39–46Israelite servants and servants from other nationsVerses 47–55A poor Israelite sold to a stranger may be redeemed
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1And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them,…3Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years…4But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of…5That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest…6And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for…7And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are…8And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee,…9Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to…10And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty…11A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye…12For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto…13In the year of this jubile ye shall return every…14And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest…15According to the number of years after the jubile thou…16According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the…17Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt…18Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments,…19And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall…20And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the…21Then I will command my blessing upon you in the…22And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet…23The land shall not be sold for ever: for the…24And in all the land of your possession ye shall…25If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away…26And if the man have none to redeem it, and…27Then let him count the years of the sale thereof,…28But if he be not able to restore it to…29And if a man sell a dwelling house in a…30And if it be not redeemed within the space of…31But the houses of the villages which have no wall…32Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of…33And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the…34But the field of the suburbs of their cities may…35And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in…36Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear…37Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor…38I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth…39And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen…40But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he…41And then shall he depart from thee, both he and…42For they are my servants, which I brought forth out…43Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt…44Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have,…45Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn…46And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your…47And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee,…48After that he is sold he may be redeemed again;…49Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him,…50And he shall reckon with him that bought him from…51If there be yet many years behind, according unto them…52And if there remain but few years unto the year…53And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with…54And if he be not redeemed in these years, then…55For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they…