Leviticus 25:28-55
New American Standard Bible
29‘Likewise, if a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, then his redemption right remains valid until a full year after its sale; his right of redemption lasts a full year.
30But if it is not bought back for him within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city passes permanently to its purchaser throughout his generations; it does not revert in the jubilee.
31The houses of the villages, however, which have no surrounding wall, shall be regarded as open fields; they have redemption rights and revert in the jubilee.
32As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites have a permanent right of redemption for the houses of the cities which are their possession.
33What, therefore, belongs to the Levites may be redeemed, and a house sale in the city of this possession reverts in the jubilee, because the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the sons of Israel.
34But pasture fields of their cities shall not be sold, for that is their permanent possession.
35‘Now in case a countryman of yours becomes poor and his means among you falter, then you are to sustain him, like a stranger or a resident, so that he may live with you.
36Do not take any kind of interest from him, but fear your God, so that your countryman may live with you.
37You shall not give him your silver at interest, nor your food for profit.
38I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.
39‘Now if a countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to you that he sells himself to you, you shall not subject him to a slave’s service.
40He shall be with you as a hired worker, as if he were a foreign resident; he shall serve with you up to the year of jubilee.
41He shall then leave you, he and his sons with him, and shall go back to his family, so that he may return to the property of his forefathers.
42For they are My servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt; they are not to be sold in a slave sale.
43You shall not rule over him with severity, but are to revere your God.
44As for your male and female slaves whom you may have—you may acquire male and female slaves from the pagan nations that are around you.
45You may also acquire them from the sons of the foreign residents who reside among you, and from their families who are with you, whom they will have produced in your land; they also may become your possession.
46You may also pass them on as an inheritance to your sons after you, to receive as a possession; you can use them as permanent slaves. But in respect to your countrymen, the sons of Israel, you shall not rule with severity over one another.
47‘Now if the means of a stranger or of a foreign resident with you becomes sufficient, and a countryman of yours becomes poor in relation to him and sells himself to a stranger who is residing with you, or to the descendants of a stranger’s family,
48then he shall have redemption right after he has been sold. One of his brothers may redeem him,
49or his uncle, or his uncle’s son may redeem him, or one of his blood relatives from his family may redeem him; or if he prospers, he may redeem himself.
50He then, with his purchaser, shall calculate from the year when he sold himself to him up to the year of jubilee; and the price of his sale shall correspond to the number of years calculated. It is like the days of a hired worker that he will be with him.
51If there are still many years remaining, he shall refund part of his purchase price in proportion to them for his own redemption;
52but if few years remain until the year of jubilee, he shall so calculate with him. In proportion to his years he is to refund the amount for his redemption.
53He shall be with him like a worker hired year by year; he shall not rule over him with severity in your sight.
54Even if he is not redeemed by these means, he shall still leave in the year of jubilee, he and his sons with him.
55For the sons of Israel are My servants; they are My servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
King James Version
Chapter 25
28But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession. 29And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it. 30And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile. 31But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile. 32Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time. 33And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel. 34But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession. 35And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. 36Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee. 37Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase. 38I am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.
39And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
40But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:
41And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.
42For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
43Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
44Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
45Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
46And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
47And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:
48After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:
49Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself.
50And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him.
51If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
52And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption.
53And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.
54And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him.
55For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
Christian Standard Bible
29"If a man sells a residence in a walled city, his right of redemption will last until a year has passed after its sale; his right of redemption will last a year.
30If it is not redeemed by the end of a full year, then the house in the walled city is permanently transferred to its purchaser throughout his generations. It is not to be released on the Jubilee.
31But houses in settlements that have no walls around them are to be classified as open fields. The right to redeem such houses stays in effect, and they are to be released at the Jubilee.
32"Concerning the Levitical cities, the Levites always have the right to redeem houses in the cities they possess.
33Whatever property one of the Levites can redeem —a house sold in a city they possess—is to be released at the Jubilee, because the houses in the Levitical cities are their possession among the Israelites.
34The open pastureland around their cities may not be sold, for it is their permanent possession.
35"If your brother becomes destitute and cannot sustain himself among you, you are to support him as an alien or temporary resident, so that he can continue to live among you.
36Do not profit or take interest from him, but fear your God and let your brother live among you.
37You are not to lend him your silver with interest or sell him your food for profit.
38I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.
39"If your brother among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, you must not force him to do slave labor.
40Let him stay with you as a hired worker or temporary resident; he may work for you until the Year of Jubilee.
41Then he and his children are to be released from you, and he may return to his clan and his ancestral property.
42They are not to be sold as slaves, because they are my servants that I brought out of the land of Egypt.
43You are not to rule over them harshly but fear your God.
44Your male and female slaves are to be from the nations around you; you may purchase male and female slaves.
45You may also purchase them from the aliens residing with you, or from their families living among you—those born in your land. These may become your property.
46You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But concerning your brothers, the Israelites, you must not rule over one another harshly.
47"If an alien or temporary resident living among you prospers, but your brother living near him becomes destitute and sells himself to the alien living among you, or to a member of the resident alien’s clan,
48he has the right of redemption after he has been sold. One of his brothers may redeem him.
49His uncle or cousin may redeem him, or any of his close relatives from his clan may redeem him. If he prospers, he may redeem himself.
50The one who purchased him is to calculate the time from the year he sold himself to him until the Year of Jubilee. The price of his sale will be determined by the number of years. It will be set for him like the daily wages of a hired worker.
51If many years are still left, he must pay his redemption price in proportion to them based on his purchase price.
52If only a few years remain until the Year of Jubilee, he will calculate and pay the price of his redemption in proportion to his remaining years.
53He will stay with him like a man hired year by year. A resident alien is not to rule over him harshly in your sight.
54If he is not redeemed in any of these ways, he and his children are to be released at the Year of Jubilee.
55For the Israelites are my servants. They are my servants that I brought out of the land of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.
New Living Translation
29Anyone who sells a house inside a walled town has the right to buy it back for a full year after its sale. During that year, the seller retains the right to buy it back.
30But if it is not bought back within a year, the sale of the house within the walled town cannot be reversed. It will become the permanent property of the buyer. It will not be returned to the original owner in the Year of Jubilee.
31But a house in a village — a settlement without fortified walls — will be treated like property in the countryside. Such a house may be bought back at any time, and it must be returned to the original owner in the Year of Jubilee.
32The Levites always have the right to buy back a house they have sold within the towns allotted to them.
33And any property that is sold by the Levites — all houses within the Levitical towns — must be returned in the Year of Jubilee. After all, the houses in the towns reserved for the Levites are the only property they own in all Israel.
34The open pastureland around the Levitical towns may never be sold. It is their permanent possession.
35If one of your fellow Israelites falls into poverty and cannot support himself, support him as you would a foreigner or a temporary resident and allow him to live with you.
36Do not charge interest or make a profit at his expense. Instead, show your fear of God by letting him live with you as your relative.
37Remember, do not charge interest on money you lend him or make a profit on food you sell him.
38I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.
39If one of your fellow Israelites falls into poverty and is forced to sell himself to you, do not treat him as a slave.
40Treat him instead as a hired worker or as a temporary resident who lives with you, and he will serve you only until the Year of Jubilee.
41At that time he and his children will no longer be obligated to you, and they will return to their clans and go back to the land originally allotted to their ancestors.
42The people of Israel are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt, so they must never be sold as slaves.
43Show your fear of God by not treating them harshly.
44However, you may purchase male and female slaves from among the nations around you.
45You may also purchase the children of temporary residents who live among you, including those who have been born in your land. You may treat them as your property,
46passing them on to your children as a permanent inheritance. You may treat them as slaves, but you must never treat your fellow Israelites this way.
47Suppose a foreigner or temporary resident becomes rich while living among you. If any of your fellow Israelites fall into poverty and are forced to sell themselves to such a foreigner or to a member of his family,
48they still retain the right to be bought back, even after they have been purchased. They may be bought back by a brother,
49an uncle, or a cousin. In fact, anyone from the extended family may buy them back. They may also redeem themselves if they have prospered.
50They will negotiate the price of their freedom with the person who bought them. The price will be based on the number of years from the time they were sold until the next Year of Jubilee — whatever it would cost to hire a worker for that period of time.
51If many years still remain until the jubilee, they will repay the proper proportion of what they received when they sold themselves.
52If only a few years remain until the Year of Jubilee, they will repay a small amount for their redemption.
53The foreigner must treat them as workers hired on a yearly basis. You must not allow a foreigner to treat any of your fellow Israelites harshly.
54If any Israelites have not been bought back by the time the Year of Jubilee arrives, they and their children must be set free at that time.
55For the people of Israel belong to me. They are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
English Standard Version
29"If a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, he may redeem it within a year of its sale. For a full year he shall have the right of redemption.
30If it is not redeemed within a full year, then the house in the walled city shall belong in perpetuity to the buyer, throughout his generations; it shall not be released in the jubilee.
31But the houses of the villages that have no wall around them shall be classified with the fields of the land. They may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the jubilee.
32As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites may redeem at any time the houses in the cities they possess.
33And if one of the Levites exercises his right of redemption, then the house that was sold in a city they possess shall be released in the jubilee. For the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the people of Israel.
34But the fields of pastureland belonging to their cities may not be sold, for that is their possession forever.
35"If your brother becomes poor and cannot maintain himself with you, you shall support him as though he were a stranger and a sojourner, and he shall live with you.
36Take no interest from him or profit, but fear your God, that your brother may live beside you.
37You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.
38I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.
39"If your brother becomes poor beside you and sells himself to you, you shall not make him serve as a slave:
40he shall be with you as a hired worker and as a sojourner. He shall serve with you until the year of the jubilee.
41Then he shall go out from you, he and his children with him, and go back to his own clan and return to the possession of his fathers.
42For they are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as slaves.
43You shall not rule over him ruthlessly but shall fear your God.
44As for your male and female slaves whom you may have: you may buy male and female slaves from among the nations that are around you.
45You may also buy from among the strangers who sojourn with you and their clans that are with you, who have been born in your land, and they may be your property.
46You may bequeath them to your sons after you to inherit as a possession forever. You may make slaves of them, but over your brothers the people of Israel you shall not rule, one over another ruthlessly.
47"If a stranger or sojourner with you becomes rich, and your brother beside him becomes poor and sells himself to the stranger or sojourner with you or to a member of the stranger 's clan,
48then after he is sold he may be redeemed. One of his brothers may redeem him,
49or his uncle or his cousin may redeem him, or a close relative from his clan may redeem him. Or if he grows rich he may redeem himself.
50He shall calculate with his buyer from the year when he sold himself to him until the year of jubilee, and the price of his sale shall vary with the number of years. The time he was with his owner shall be rated as the time of a hired worker.
51If there are still many years left, he shall pay proportionately for his redemption some of his sale price.
52If there remain but a few years until the year of jubilee, he shall calculate and pay for his redemption in proportion to his years of service.
53He shall treat him as a worker hired year by year. He shall not rule ruthlessly over him in your sight.
54And if he is not redeemed by these means, then he and his children with him shall be released in the year of jubilee.
55For it is to me that the people of Israel are servants. They are my servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
New International Version
29" ‘Anyone who sells a house in a walled city retains the right of redemption a full year after its sale. During that time the seller may redeem it.
30If it is not redeemed before a full year has passed, the house in the walled city shall belong permanently to the buyer and the buyer’s descendants. It is not to be returned in the Jubilee.
31But houses in villages without walls around them are to be considered as belonging to the open country. They can be redeemed, and they are to be returned in the Jubilee.
32" ‘The Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the Levitical towns, which they possess.
33So the property of the Levites is redeemable—that is, a house sold in any town they hold—and is to be returned in the Jubilee, because the houses in the towns of the Levites are their property among the Israelites.
34But the pastureland belonging to their towns must not be sold; it is their permanent possession.
35" ‘If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and are unable to support themselves among you, help them as you would a foreigner and stranger, so they can continue to live among you.
36Do not take interest or any profit from them, but fear your God, so that they may continue to live among you.
37You must not lend them money at interest or sell them food at a profit.
38I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.
39" ‘If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves.
40They are to be treated as hired workers or temporary residents among you; they are to work for you until the Year of Jubilee.
41Then they and their children are to be released, and they will go back to their own clans and to the property of their ancestors.
42Because the Israelites are my servants, whom I brought out of Egypt, they must not be sold as slaves.
43Do not rule over them ruthlessly, but fear your God.
44" ‘Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves.
45You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property.
46You can bequeath them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly.
47" ‘If a foreigner residing among you becomes rich and any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to the foreigner or to a member of the foreigner’s clan,
48they retain the right of redemption after they have sold themselves. One of their relatives may redeem them:
49An uncle or a cousin or any blood relative in their clan may redeem them. Or if they prosper, they may redeem themselves.
50They and their buyer are to count the time from the year they sold themselves up to the Year of Jubilee. The price for their release is to be based on the rate paid to a hired worker for that number of years.
51If many years remain, they must pay for their redemption a larger share of the price paid for them.
52If only a few years remain until the Year of Jubilee, they are to compute that and pay for their redemption accordingly.
53They are to be treated as workers hired from year to year; you must see to it that those to whom they owe service do not rule over them ruthlessly.
New King James Version
29‘If a man sells a house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year he may redeem it.
30But if it is not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house in the walled city shall belong permanently to him who bought it, throughout his generations. It shall not be released in the Jubilee.
31However the houses of villages which have no wall around them shall be counted as the fields of the country. They may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.
32Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, and the houses in the cities of their possession, the Levites may redeem at any time.
33And if a man purchases a house from the Levites, then the house that was sold in the city of his possession shall be released in the Jubilee; for the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.
34But the field of the common-land of their cities may not be sold, for it is their perpetual possession.
35‘If one of your brethren becomes poor, and falls into poverty among you, then you shall help him, like a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with you.
36Take no usury or interest from him; but fear your God, that your brother may live with you.
37You shall not lend him your money for usury, nor lend him your food at a profit.
38I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.
39‘And if one of your brethren who dwells by you becomes poor, and sells himself to you, you shall not compel him to serve as a slave.
40As a hired servant and a sojourner he shall be with you, and shall serve you until the Year of Jubilee.
41And then he shall depart from you—he and his children with him—and shall return to his own family. He shall return to the possession of his fathers.
42For they are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as slaves.
43You shall not rule over him with rigor, but you shall fear your God.
44And as for your male and female slaves whom you may have—from the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves.
45Moreover you may buy the children of the strangers who dwell among you, and their families who are with you, which they beget in your land; and they shall become your property.
46And you may take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them as a possession; they shall be your permanent slaves. But regarding your brethren, the children of Israel, you shall not rule over one another with rigor.
47‘Now if a sojourner or stranger close to you becomes rich, and one of your brethren who dwells by him becomes poor, and sells himself to the stranger or sojourner close to you, or to a member of the stranger’s family,
48after he is sold he may be redeemed again. One of his brothers may redeem him;
49or his uncle or his uncle’s son may redeem him; or anyone who is near of kin to him in his family may redeem him; or if he is able he may redeem himself.
50Thus he shall reckon with him who bought him: The price of his release shall be according to the number of years, from the year that he was sold to him until the Year of Jubilee; it shall be according to the time of a hired servant for him.
51If there are still many years remaining, according to them he shall repay the price of his redemption from the money with which he was bought.
52And if there remain but a few years until the Year of Jubilee, then he shall reckon with him, and according to his years he shall repay him the price of his redemption.
53He shall be with him as a yearly hired servant, and he shall not rule with rigor over him in your sight.
54And if he is not redeemed in these years, then he shall be released in the Year of Jubilee—he and his children with him.
55For the children of Israel are servants to Me; they are My servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
