12 For it is the Jubilee; it shall be holy to you; ayou shall eat its produce from the field.
13 a‘In this Year of Jubilee, each of you shall return to his possession.
14 And if you sell anything to your neighbor or buy from your neighbor’s hand, you shall not aoppress one another.
15 aAccording to the number of years after the Jubilee you shall buy from your neighbor, and according to the number of years of crops he shall sell to you.
16 According to the multitude of years you shall increase its price, and according to the fewer number of years you shall diminish its price; for he sells to you according to the number of the years of the crops.
17 Therefore ayou shall not oppress one another, bbut you shall fear your God; for I am the Lord your God.
Provisions for the Seventh Year
18 a‘So you shall observe My statutes and keep My judgments, and perform them; band you will dwell in the land in safety.
19 Then the land will yield its fruit, and ayou will eat your fill, and dwell there in safety.
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Leviticus
Leviticus
LEVITICUS. So called from its treating of the laws relating to the ritual, the services, and sacrifices of the Jewish religion, the superintendence of which was entrusted to the Levitical priesthood. It is chiefly, however, the duties of the priests, "the sons of Aaron," which this book describes; and its claim to be the work of Moses is established by the following passages:— II Chronicles 30:16; Nehemiah 8:14; Jeremiah 7:22-23; Ezekiel 20:11 Matthew 8:4; Luke 2:22; John 8:5; Romans 10:4; Romans 13:9; II Corinthians 6:16; Galatians 3:12; I Peter 1:16.