g ver. 6, 7. h ver. 10. ch. 27. 24. Num. 36. 4. i ver. 17. 1 Sam. 12.3,4. 11 A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you: 'ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed. g 12 For it is the jubilee; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field. 13 h In the year of this jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession. 14 And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbour, or buyest aught of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another: 15 k According to the number of k ch. 27. 18, 23. years after the jubilee thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee: I ver. 14. m ver. 43. 16 According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee. 17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear ch. 19. 14, 32. thy God: for thy God: for I am the LORD your God. n ch. 19. 37. Ez. 34. 25, q Matt. 6. 25, r ver. 4, 5. 8 See Ex.16.29. Deut. 28. 8. t 2 Kings 19. 29. u Josh.5.11,12. 2 Chr. 7. 20. Ps. 85. 1. 18 ¶ "Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. 19 And the land shall yield her fruit, and P ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety. 20 And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, "we shall not sow, nor gather in our in crease: 21 Then I will command my blessx Deut. 32. 43. ing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years. 22 'And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of " old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store. Joel 2. 18. & 3.2. y 1 Chr. 29. 15. Ps. 39. 12. & 119. 19. 1 Pet. 2. 11. | Or, to be quite cut off. Heb. for cutting off. X 23 ¶ The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are 'strangers and sojourners with me. Redemption of land. 24 And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land. 25 ¶ If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if a any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold. B. C. 1491. z Ruth 2. 20. & 4. 4, 6. a See Ruth 3. 2, 9, 12. Jer. 32. 7, 8. 26 And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to † Heb. his redeem it; hand hath attained and found sufficiency, 27 Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the ch. 5. 7. overplus unto the man to whom heb ver. 50, 51, sold it; that he may return unto his possession. 52. 28 But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubilee : and in the jubilee it shall go out, c ver. 13. and he shall return unto his possession. 29 And if a man sell a dwellinghouse in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it. 30 And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubilee. 31 But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and Heb. they shall go out in the jubilee. 40 But as a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and Jer. 25. 14. & shall serve thee unto the year of jubilee : 27. 7. & 30. 8. 1 Ex. 21. 2. Deut. 15. 12. 1 Kings 9. 22. m 41 And then shall he depart from 2 Kings 4. 1. thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return. Neh. 5. 5. Jer. 34. 14. m Ex. 21. 3. n ver. 28. n 42 For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen. 43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but "shalt fear thy God. 44 Both thy bondmen, and thy bondDeut. 25. 18. maids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen | and bondmaids. Blessings are promised. 52 And if there remain but few years B. C. 1491. unto the year of jubilee, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption. 53 And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight. means. 54 And if he be not redeemed in || Or, by these these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, both he, and his children with him. 55 For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God. CHAPTER XXVI. Idolatry forbidden. 3 Blessings to them that keep the commandments. 14 A curse to those that break them. 40 God promiseth to remember them that repent. YE b ver. 41. Ex. 21. 2, 3. c ver. 42. a Ex. 20. 4, 5. Deut. 5. 8. & 16. 22. & 27. 15. Ps. 97. 7. E shall make you ano idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ||| ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God. Or, pillar. stone. Heb. a stone of picture. 2 Tb Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and b ch. 19. 30. reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD. 3 If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; c Deut. 11. 13, 14, 15. & 28. 1-14. d Is. 30. 23. Ez. 34. 26. Joel 2. 23, 24. e Ps. 67. 6. & 85. 12. Ez. 34. 27. & 36. 30. Zech. 8. 12. 4 d Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field f Am. 9. 13. shall yield their fruit. g g ch. 25. 19. Deut. 11. 15. Joel 2. 19, 26. Job 11. 18. Ez. 34. 25, 27, 28. 5 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage h ch. 25. 18. shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely. 6 And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid and I will trid 'evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land. k i 1 Chr. 22. 9. Ps. 29. 11. & 147. 14. Is. 45. 7. Hag. 2. 9. + Heb. cause k Job 11. 19. to cease. Ps. 3.5.& 4.8. 1 2 Kings17.25. Ez. 5. 17. & 14. 15. m Ez. 14. 17. n Deut. 32. 30. Josh. 23. 10. o Ex. 2. 25. p Gen. 17. 6,7. 2 Kings 13.23. Neh. 9, 23. Ps. 107. 38. q ch. 25. 22. r Ex. 25. 8. & 29. 45. Josh. 22. 19. Ps. 76. 2. Ez. 37. 26, 27, 28. Rev. 21. 3. m Ps. 127. 1. Is. 49. 4. n Deut. 11. 17. & 28. 18. Hag. 1. 10. || Or, at all adventures with me, and so ver. 24. o Deut. 32. 24. 2Kings 17.25. Ez. 5. 17. & 14. 15. p Judg. 5. 6. 2 Chr. 15. 5. Is. 33. 8. Lam. 1. 4. Zech. 7. 14. q Jer. 2. 30. & 5.3. Am. 4. 6-12. r 2 Sam. 22. 27. Ps. 18. 26. • Ez. 5. 17. & 6. 3. & 14. 17. & 29.8. & 33,2. t Num. 14. 12. Deut. 28. 21. 23 And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me; 24 Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins. for disobedience. B. C. 1491. staff of your bread, ten women shall X 27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me; 28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. 29 a And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. Mic. 6. 14. Hag. 1. 6. y ver. 21, 24. z Is. 59. 18. & a Deut. 28. 53. 4,7. Is. 27.9. Ez. 6. 3, 4, 5, 6. 13. 30 And I will destroy your high b 2 Chr. 34. 3, places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall 2Kings 23.20. dabhor you. 2 Chr. 34. 5. d Lev. 20. 23. Lam. 1. 10. Ez. 9. 6. & 21. 2. 31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. 32 And I will bring the land into f Ps. 74. 7. desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be hastonished at it. 33 And I will scatter you among the h Deut. 28. 37. heathen, and will draw out a sword after you and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. k 34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. g Jer. 9. 11. & 25. 11, 18. 1 Kings 9. 8. i Deut. 4. 27. 35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your 'sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon 1 ch. 25. 2. it. m Ez. 21. 7, 12, 15. n ver. 17. Job 15. 21. Prov. 28. 1. 36 And upon them that are left alive of mI will send a faintness into you their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and "the sound of a shaken † Heb. driven. leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. 37 And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies. 38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up. 39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them. 25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel Jer. 14. 12. & of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, 40 "If they shall confess their iniI will send the pestilence among quity, and the iniquity of their fathers, you; and ye shall be delivered into with their trespass which they tresthe hand of the enemy. passed against me, and that also they 26 "And when I have broken the have walked contrary unto me; 24. 10. & 29. u Ps. 105. 16. o Is. 10. 4. 14. q Deut. 4. 27. r Num. 5. 7. |