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And they are to sell to you on the basis of the number of years left for harvesting crops.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/25.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />When you buy land from your neighbor, the price you pay must be based on the number of years since the last jubilee. The seller must set the price by taking into account the number of years remaining until the next Year of Jubilee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/25.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall pay your neighbor according to the number of years after the jubilee, and he shall sell to you according to the number of years for crops.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/25.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are to buy from your neighbor according to the number of years since the last Jubilee; he is to sell to you according to the number of harvest years remaining.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/25.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, <i>and</i> according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/25.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />According 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Corresponding to the number of years after the jubilee, you shall buy from your friend; he is to sell to you according to the number of years of crops.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/25.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216Corresponding to the number of years after the jubilee, you shall buy from your friend; he is to sell to you according to the number of years of crops.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Corresponding to the number of years after the jubilee, you shall buy from your friend; he is to sell to you according to the number of years of crops.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Corresponding to the number of years after the jubilee, you shall buy from your companion; he is to sell to you according to the number of years of produce.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />According to the number of years after the Jubilee, you shall buy from your friend. And he is to sell to you according to the number of years of crops [which may be harvested before you must restore the property to him].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are to make the purchase from your neighbor based on the number of years since the last Jubilee. He is to sell to you based on the number of remaining harvest years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are to make the purchase from your neighbor based on the number of years since the last Jubilee. He is to sell to you based on the number of remaining harvest years. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/25.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />According to the number of years after the jubilee thou shalt buy of thy neighbor, and according unto the number of years of the crops he shall sell unto thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/25.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />according to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the crops he shall sell unto thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />When you buy property from your neighbor, take into account the number of years since the jubilee. Your neighbor must sell it to you taking into account the number of crops [until the next jubilee].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/25.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The price is to be set according to the number of years the land can produce crops before the next Year of Restoration. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/25.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />According to the number of years after the jubilee, you may buy from your neighbor. And according to the number of years with crops, he may sell to you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are to buy from your neighbor according to the number of years since the last Jubilee; he is to sell to you according to the number of harvest years remaining.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/25.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />According to the number of years after the Jubilee you shall buy from your neighbor. According to the number of years of the crops he shall sell to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />According to the number of years after the jubilee thou shalt buy of thy neighbor, and according to the number of years of the fruits he shall sell to thee:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/25.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />According to the number of years after the Jubilee you shall buy from your neighbor. According to the number of years of the crops he shall sell to you. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />you buy from your fellow by the number of years after the Jubilee; he sells to you by the number of the years of increase;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> by the number of years after the jubilee thou dost buy from thy fellow; by the number of the years of increase he doth sell to thee;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />According to the number of years after the jubilee, thou shalt buy from thy neighbor; according to the number of the years produce shall he sell to thee.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he shall sell to thee according to the computation of the fruits. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />and he shall sell to you according to the computation of the produce.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/25.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />On the basis of the number of years since the last jubilee you shall purchase the land from your neighbor; and so also, on the basis of the number of years of harvest, that person shall sell it to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When you buy from your neighbor, you shall pay only for the number of years since the jubilee; the seller shall charge you only for the remaining crop years.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />According to the number of years after the jubilee you shall buy from your neighbor, and according to the number of years of the produce he shall sell to you;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />By the number of years after the restoration, buy from your neighbor, and by the number of years of a crop he shall sell to you:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />According to the number of years after the jubilee thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the crops he shall sell unto thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />According to the number of years after the jubilee shalt thou buy of thy neighbour, according to the number of years of the fruits shall he sell to thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/25-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=6740" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/25.htm">Return of Property</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">14</span>If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, you must not take advantage of each other. <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7069.htm" title="7069: tiq·neh (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- A primitive root; to erect, i.e. Create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase; by implication to own.">You are to buy</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: mê·’êṯ (Prep-m:: DirObjM) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/5997.htm" title="5997: ‘ă·mî·ṯe·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- An associate, fellow, relation. From a primitive root meaning to associate; companionship; hence a comrade or kindred man.">your neighbor</a> <a href="/hebrew/4557.htm" title="4557: bə·mis·par (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Number, tally. From caphar; a number, definite or indefinite; also narration.">according to the number</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nîm (N-fp) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">of years</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥar (Adv) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">since</a> <a href="/hebrew/3104.htm" title="3104: hay·yō·w·ḇêl (Art:: N-ms) -- A ram, ram's horn (a wind instrument). ">the last Jubilee;</a> <a href="/hebrew/4376.htm" title="4376: yim·kār- (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To sell. A primitive root; to sell, literally, or figuratively.">he is to sell</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- ">to you</a> <a href="/hebrew/4557.htm" title="4557: bə·mis·par (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Number, tally. From caphar; a number, definite or indefinite; also narration.">according to the number</a> <a href="/hebrew/8393.htm" title="8393: ṯə·ḇū·’ōṯ (N-fp) -- Product, revenue. From bow'; income, i.e. Produce.">of harvest</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šə·nê- (N-fpc) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">years remaining.</a> </span><span class="reftext">16</span>You shall increase the price in proportion to a greater number of years, or decrease it in proportion to a lesser number of years; for he is selling you a given number of harvests.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-1.htm">Deuteronomy 15:1-2</a></span><br />At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts. / This is the manner of remission: Every creditor shall cancel what he has loaned to his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the LORD’s time of release has been proclaimed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/25-13.htm">Deuteronomy 25:13-16</a></span><br />You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light. / You shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small. / You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/5-1.htm">Nehemiah 5:1-13</a></span><br />About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. / Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.” / Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/45-9.htm">Ezekiel 45:9-12</a></span><br />For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Enough, O princes of Israel! Cease your violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing My people, declares the Lord GOD.’ / You must use honest scales, a just ephah, and a just bath. / The ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity so that the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure for both. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/18-23.htm">Matthew 18:23-35</a></span><br />Because of this, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. / As he began the settlements, a debtor owing ten thousand talents was brought to him. / Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/6-34.htm">Luke 6:34-35</a></span><br />And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. / But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/16-1.htm">Luke 16:1-12</a></span><br />Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions. / So he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.’ / The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my position? I am too weak to dig and too ashamed to beg. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/4-32.htm">Acts 4:32-35</a></span><br />The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned. / With great power the apostles continued to give their testimony about the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And abundant grace was upon them all. / There were no needy ones among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the proceeds from the sales, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/13-8.htm">Romans 13:8-10</a></span><br />Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. / The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” / Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-7.htm">1 Corinthians 6:7-8</a></span><br />The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated? / Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, even against your own brothers!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/8-13.htm">2 Corinthians 8:13-15</a></span><br />It is not our intention that others may be relieved while you are burdened, but that there may be equality. / At the present time, your surplus will meet their need, so that in turn their surplus will meet your need. This way there will be equality. / As it is written: “He who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7-10</a></span><br />Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. / The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. / Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/4-28.htm">Ephesians 4:28</a></span><br />He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-23.htm">Colossians 3:23-25</a></span><br />Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, as for the Lord and not for men, / because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. / Whoever does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-1.htm">James 5:1-6</a></span><br />Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. / Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. / Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">According to the number of years after the jubilee you shall buy of your neighbor, and according to the number of years of the fruits he shall sell to you:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/27-18.htm">Leviticus 27:18-23</a></b></br> But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thy estimation… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jude/1-20.htm">Basis</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-14.htm">Buy</a> <a href="/exodus/39-14.htm">Corresponding</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-17.htm">Countryman</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-12.htm">Crops</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-5.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/exodus/22-26.htm">Exchange</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-14.htm">Fellow</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-14.htm">Friend</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-3.htm">Fruits</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-14.htm">Goods</a> <a href="/genesis/45-6.htm">Harvesting</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-12.htm">Increase</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-13.htm">Jubilee</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-14.htm">Neighbor</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-14.htm">Neighbour</a> <a href="/john/9-8.htm">Neighbours</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-12.htm">Produce</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-3.htm">Relation</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-14.htm">Sell</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-8.htm">Times</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/97-2.htm">Basis</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-25.htm">Buy</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-3.htm">Corresponding</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-25.htm">Countryman</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-16.htm">Crops</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-19.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-23.htm">Exchange</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-25.htm">Fellow</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-6.htm">Friend</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-16.htm">Fruits</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-36.htm">Goods</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-19.htm">Harvesting</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-16.htm">Increase</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-28.htm">Jubilee</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-42.htm">Neighbor</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-42.htm">Neighbour</a> <a href="/joshua/9-16.htm">Neighbours</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-16.htm">Produce</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-25.htm">Relation</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-16.htm">Sell</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-18.htm">Times</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 25</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-1.htm">the Sabbath of the seventh year</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-8.htm">The jubilee in the fiftieth year</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-14.htm">Of oppression</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-18.htm">A blessing of obedience</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-23.htm">The redemption of land</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-29.htm">Of houses</a></span><br><span class="reftext">35. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-35.htm">Compassion to the poor</a></span><br><span class="reftext">39. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-39.htm">The usage of bondmen</a></span><br><span class="reftext">47. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-47.htm">The redemption of servants</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The Jubilee occurred every 50 years, as outlined in <a href="/leviticus/25-8.htm">Leviticus 25:8-12</a>, and was a time when land was to be returned to its original family owners. This ensured that no family would permanently lose their inheritance. The concept of Jubilee reflects God's concern for social justice and economic equality, preventing the accumulation of wealth and power in the hands of a few. It also emphasizes the idea that the land ultimately belongs to God (<a href="/leviticus/25-23.htm">Leviticus 25:23</a>). The Jubilee year is a type of the ultimate redemption and restoration found in Jesus Christ, who proclaimed the "year of the Lord's favor" (<a href="/luke/4-18.htm">Luke 4:18-19</a>), symbolizing spiritual freedom and restoration.<p><b>he is to sell to you according to the number of harvest years remaining.</b><br>The value of the land was determined by the number of harvests remaining until the next Jubilee. This system ensured fairness in transactions, as the price would decrease as the Jubilee approached. The focus on harvest years highlights the agrarian nature of Israelite society, where the land's productivity was central to economic life. This principle underscores the importance of stewardship and the recognition that the land's ultimate purpose was to provide sustenance. The concept of harvest also carries spiritual significance, as it is often used in Scripture to symbolize the gathering of believers (<a href="/matthew/9-37.htm">Matthew 9:37-38</a>) and the final judgment (<a href="/revelation/14-15.htm">Revelation 14:15</a>). The regulation of land sales in this manner reflects God's desire for equitable treatment and the prevention of exploitation among His people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The prophet and leader of the Israelites who received the laws from God, including the instructions in Leviticus.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people to whom the laws in Leviticus were given, specifically addressing their economic and social practices.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jubilee_year.htm">Jubilee Year</a></b><br>A significant event occurring every 50 years in Israel, where land was returned to original owners, and debts were forgiven, symbolizing freedom and restoration.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_the_jubilee.htm">Understanding the Jubilee</a></b><br>The Jubilee year was a time of economic reset, reflecting God's desire for justice and equality among His people. It reminds us of the importance of fairness and compassion in our financial dealings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/economic_justice.htm">Economic Justice</a></b><br>The instruction to buy and sell based on the number of years since the Jubilee teaches us to consider fairness and integrity in our transactions. It challenges us to think about how we can practice economic justice in our own lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_provision.htm">Trust in God's Provision</a></b><br>The Jubilee system required faith in God's provision, as it involved letting the land rest and trusting that God would provide. This encourages us to trust God in our financial decisions and to prioritize His principles over worldly gain.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/restoration_and_forgiveness.htm">Restoration and Forgiveness</a></b><br>The Jubilee symbolizes restoration and forgiveness, pointing us to the ultimate restoration found in Christ. It encourages us to seek reconciliation and to forgive others as we have been forgiven.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_25.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 25</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_bible's_view_on_poverty.htm">What is the Bible's view on poverty?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_don't_nearby_cultures_record_jubilees.htm">Why do other civilizations around Israel not record similar extended fallow periods or Jubilees, if this commandment (Lev 25) was practiced widely?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_don't_believers_follow_lev._19_10_today.htm">Leviticus 19:10 commands leaving part of the harvest for the poor; why isn't this universally practiced today by believers?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_lev_25_39-46_differ_on_servitude.htm">Why does the command to release servants (Lev 25:39-46) appear inconsistent with other biblical passages endorsing servitude?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/25.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15) <span class= "bld">According to the number of years . . . thou shalt buy.</span>--The promised land, according to the Law, was to be divided by lot in equal parts among the Israelites. The plot which should thus come into the possession of each family is to be absolutely inalienable, and for ever continue to be the property of the descendants of the original possessor. Hence it is here enacted that where a proprietor being pressed by poverty is compelled to sell a field, it could not be bought of him for a longer period than up to the time of the next jubile, when it reverted to the original possessor, or to his family. In purchasing a plot of and the purchaser is to reckon how many years had elapsed since the last jubile, since this would show him the exact period during which he would be entitled to hold it. It thus corresponds to what with us is buying the unexpired term of a lease.<p><span class= "bld">Of thy neighbour.</span>--From this it was deduced that the Israelite who was reduced to poverty could only sell his land to a fellow-Israelite, but not to a Gentile.<p><span class= "bld">The number of years of the fruit he shall sell.</span>--Whilst the purchaser is to take into consideration the number of years which the lease has still to run, the vendor has to consider how many sabbatical years there will be from the time of the sale till next jubile, since the sale was not so much of the land as of the produce of so many years. Hence the fallow sabbatical years are not to be included. As the plural "number of years "is here used, the authorities during the second Temple concluded that the vendor could not sell it for less than <span class= "ital">two productive years, </span>exclusive of a sabbatical year, a year of barrenness, and of the first harvest if the purchase was effected shortly before the seventh month, with the ripe produce in the field.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/25-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">You are to buy</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּקְנֶ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(tiq·neh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7069.htm">Strong's 7069: </a> </span><span class="str2">To erect, create, to procure, by purchase, to own</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵאֵ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(mê·’êṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Direct object marker<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your neighbor</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲמִיתֶ֑ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·mî·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5997.htm">Strong's 5997: </a> </span><span class="str2">Companionship, a comrade, kindred man</span><br /><br /><span class="word">according to the number</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּמִסְפַּ֤ר</span> <span class="translit">(bə·mis·par)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4557.htm">Strong's 4557: </a> </span><span class="str2">A number, definite, indefinite, narration</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of years</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁנִים֙</span> <span class="translit">(šā·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year</span><br /><br /><span class="word">since</span><br /><span class="heb">אַחַ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(’a·ḥar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The hind or following part</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the last Jubilee;</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיּוֹבֵ֔ל</span> <span class="translit">(hay·yō·w·ḇêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3104.htm">Strong's 3104: </a> </span><span class="str2">A ram, ram's horn (a wind instrument)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he is to sell</span><br /><span class="heb">יִמְכָּר־</span> <span class="translit">(yim·kār-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4376.htm">Strong's 4376: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sell</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to you</span><br /><span class="heb">לָֽךְ׃</span> <span class="translit">(lāḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">according to the number</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּמִסְפַּ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(bə·mis·par)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4557.htm">Strong's 4557: </a> </span><span class="str2">A number, definite, indefinite, narration</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of harvest</span><br /><span class="heb">תְבוּאֹ֖ת</span> <span class="translit">(ṯə·ḇū·’ōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8393.htm">Strong's 8393: </a> </span><span class="str2">Product, revenue</span><br /><br /><span class="word">years {remaining}.</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁנֵֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(šə·nê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/25-15.htm">Leviticus 25:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/25-15.htm">Leviticus 25:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/25-15.htm">Leviticus 25:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/25-15.htm">Leviticus 25:15 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/25-15.htm">Leviticus 25:15 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/25-15.htm">Leviticus 25:15 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/25-15.htm">Leviticus 25:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/25-15.htm">Leviticus 25:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/25-15.htm">Leviticus 25:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/25-15.htm">Leviticus 25:15 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/25-15.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 25:15 According to the number of years after (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/25-14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 25:14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 25:14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/25-16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 25:16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 25:16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>