New English Translation

Leviticus 25:11-21 New English Translation (NET)

11. That fiftieth year will be your jubilee; you must not sow the land, harvest its aftergrowth, or pick the grapes of its unpruned vines.

12. Because that year is a jubilee, it will be holy to you – you may eat its produce from the field.

13. “‘In this year of jubilee you must each return to your property.

14. If you make a sale to your fellow citizen or buy from your fellow citizen, no one is to wrong his brother.

15. You may buy it from your fellow citizen according to the number of years since the last jubilee; he may sell it to you according to the years of produce that are left.

16. The more years there are, the more you may make its purchase price, and the fewer years there are, the less you must make its purchase price, because he is only selling to you a number of years of produce.

17. No one is to oppress his fellow citizen, but you must fear your God, because I am the Lord your God.

18. You must obey my statutes and my regulations; you must be sure to keep them so that you may live securely in the land.

19. “‘The land will give its fruit and you may eat until you are satisfied, and you may live securely in the land.

20. If you say, ‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not sow and gather our produce?’

21. I will command my blessing for you in the sixth year so that it may yield the produce for three years,