King James 2000

Leviticus 25:23-40 King James 2000 (KJ2000)

23. The land shall not be sold forever: for the land is mine; for you are strangers and sojourners with me.

24. And in all the land of your possession you shall grant a redemption for the land.

25. If your brother becomes poor, and has sold

26. And if the man has none to redeem it, but he becomes able to redeem it;

27. Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overpayment unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.

28. But if he is not able to restore it to himself, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that has bought it until the year of jubilee: and in the jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return unto his possession.

29. And if a man sells 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.

30. And if it is not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established forever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not be released in the jubilee.

31. But 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 be released in the jubilee.

32. Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.

33. And if a man purchases a house from the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall be released in the year of jubilee: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.

34. But the field of the common lands of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.

35. And if your brother becomes poor, and falls into poverty among you; then you shall help him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with you.

36. Take you no interest from him, or profit: but fear your God; that your brother may live with you.

37. You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor lend him your food for profit.

38. I am the LORD your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.

39. And if your brother that dwells by you becomes poor, and is sold unto you; you shall not compel him to serve as a slave:

40. But as a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with you, and shall serve you until the year of jubilee: