The Scriptures 1998

Leviticus 25:31-40 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

31. ‘The houses of villages, however, which have no wall around them are reckoned as the field of the country. A right of redemption belongs to it, and they are released in the Jubilee.

32. ‘As for the cities of the Lĕwites, and the houses in the cities of their possession, the Lĕwites have a right of redemption forever.

33. ‘And that which is redeemed from the Lĕwites, both the sale of a house and the city of his possession shall be released in the Year of Jubilee, because the houses in the cities of the Lĕwites are their possession in the midst of the children of Yisra’ĕl.

34. ‘But the field of the open land of their cities is not sold, for it is their everlasting possession.

35. ‘And when your brother becomes poor, and his hand has failed with you, then you shall sustain him, and he shall live with you, like a stranger or a sojourner.

36. ‘Take no interest from him, or profit, but you shall fear your Elohim, and your brother shall live with you.

37. ‘Do not lend him your silver on interest, and do not lend him your food for profit.

38. ‘I am יהוה your Elohim, who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim, to give you the land of Kena‛an, to be your Elohim.

39. ‘And when your brother who dwells by you becomes poor, and sells himself to you, do not make him serve as a slave.

40. ‘But as a hired servant, as a settler he is with you, and serves you until the Year of Jubilee.