Leviticus 25:15
13 In this Year of Jubilee, each of you shall return to his own property.
14 If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, you must not take advantage of each other.
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.
16 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.
17 Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee:
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- According to the number of years since the jubilee, thou shalt buy of thy neighbour; according to the number of years of the produce, he shall sell unto thee.
- BLB
- 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.
- ÅB
- Etter tallet av år siden jubelåret skal du kjøpe av din neste; etter tallet av innhøstings-årene skal han selge til deg.
- OTB
- Du skal kjøpe fra ditt eget folk basert på antall år siden jubelåret, og de skal selge til deg i henhold til antall år som er igjen for å høste avlinger.
- B1930
- Efter tallet av år siden jubelåret skal du kjøpe av din næste; efter tallet av innhøstings-årene skal han selge til dig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 27:18–23
But if he consecrates his field after the Jubilee, the priest is to calculate the price in proportion to the years left until the next Year of Jubilee, so that your valuation will be reduced.
Read in contextPhilippians 4:5
Let your gentleness be apparent to all. The Lord is near.
Read in context