The year of jubilee. Before CHRIST 1491. + Heb. rest. a Ex. 23. 10. See ch. 26. 34, 35. LEVITICUS. Israel, and say unto them, When 3 Six years thou shalt sow thy 2 Chr. 36. 21. field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; b2 Kings 19. 29. 4 But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard. 5 That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the +Heb. of thy grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land. separation. † Heb. loud of sound. ©ch. 23. 24, 27. d Is. 61.2. & 63. 4. Jer. 34. 8, 15, 17. Luke 4. 19. ever. 13. Num. 36. 4. f ver. 5. 8 ver. 6, 7. hver. 10. ch. 27. 24. Num. 36. 4. 6 And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee, 7 And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat. 8 And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. The redemption of land. Before CHRIST 1491. thy neighbour, or buyest aught 16 According to the multitude 17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God. ch. 19. 13. "ch. 19. 37. 18 Wherefore ye shall do my 20 And if ye shall say, 9 What 21 Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years. 9 Then shalt thou cause the 22 t And ye shall sow the eighth 12 Kings 19. Compassion of the poor. 1491. c ver. 13. LEVITICUS. 1491. The redemption of servants. Before is sold shall remain in the hand, as a sojourner, he shall be with Before CHRIST of him that hath bought it until thee, and shall serve thee unto CHRIST the year of jubilee: cand in the the year of jubilee: jubilee it shall go out, 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. ↑ Heb. re d See Num. 1 Or, one of the Levites redeem them e ver. 28. fSee Acts 4. † Heb. strengthen # Deut.15 7,8. 30 And if it be not redeemed 32 Notwithstanding the cities 33 And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubilee: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel. 34 But the field of the suburbs or their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession. 35 And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay Ps. 37. 26. & with thee; then thou shalt trelieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. 41. 1. & 112. 5.9. Prov. 14. 31. Luke 6. 33. Acts 11. 29. Rom. 12. 10. 1 John 3. 17. h Ex. 22. 25. Deut. 23. 19. Neh. 5. 7. Ps. 15. 5. Prov. 28. 8. Ez. 18. 8, 13, 17. & 22. 12. i ver. 17. Neh. 5. 9. keh. 22, 32, 33. 1 Ex. 21. 2. Deut. 15. 12. 1 Kings 9. 22. 36 h Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee. 37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase. 38 I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you 2 Kings 4. 1. the land of Canaan, and to be your God. Neh. 5. 5. Jer. 34. 14. † Heb. serve 39 And if thy brother that thyself with dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant: him with the service, &c. ver. 46. Ex. 1. 14. Jer. 25. 14. & 27. 7. & 30 8 40 But as a hired servant, and † Heb. with the sale of a bondman. PEph. 6. 9. Col. 4. 1. ¶ ver. 46. Ex. 1. 13. Ex. 1. 17, 21. 44 Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt ver. 17. have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. 45 Moreover, of the children of Is. 56. 3, 6. the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. 46 And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour. A blessing and Before CHRIST 1491. means. b ver. 41. Ex. 21. 2, 3. c ver. 42. LEVITICUS. shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for. 52 And if there remain but few years 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. 54 And if he be not redeemed Or, by these in 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. a curse proposed. 14¶y But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; 15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant: y 42, 55. Jer. 2. 20. Ez. 34. 27. Lam. 2. 17. zver. 43. 2 Kings 17. 15. you. a Deut. 28. 65, 66, 67. & 32. 25. 16 I also will do this unto you, I will even appoint tover you +Heb. upon a terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and dye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. 17 And I will set my face! against you, and fye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and hye shall flee when none pursueth you. 18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you iseven times more for your sins. b Jer. 15. 8. Deut. 28. 22. 1 Sam. 2. 33. d Deut. 28.33, 51. Job 31. 8. Jer. 5. 17. & 12. 13. Mic. 6. 15. e ch. 17. 10. f Deut. 28. 25. Judg. 2. 14. Jer. 19. 7. g Ps. 106. 41. hver. 36. Ps. 53. 5. Prov. 28. 1. i1 Sam. 2. 5. Ps. 119. 154. break the pride Prov. 24. 16. and I will make iron, and your k Is. 25. 11. & 26.5. Ez. 7. 24. & 30.6. 1 Deut. 28.23. 19 And I will of your power; your heaven as earth as brass: 20 And your mstrength shall be Ps. 127. 1. spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits. Is. 49. 4. n Deut.11.17. & 28. 18. Hag. 1. 10. adventures with me, and so ver. 24. 21 ¶ And if ye walk contrary Or, at all unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. 22 I will also send wild beasts Deut. 32. 24. among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few 2 Kings 17. 25. Ez. 5. 17. & 14. 15. A curse for disobedience. Before 1491. CHRIST 1491. ver. 17. in number; and Pyour high ways | ness into their hearts in the Before CHRIST shall be desolate. lands of their enemies; and the sound of a tshaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. P Judg. 5. 6. 2 Chr. 15. 5. 1s. 33. 8. Lam. 1. 4. Zech. 7. 14. 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 con4 Jer. 2. 30. & trary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins. 5.3. Amos 4.6 12. r2 Sam. 22. 27. Ps. 18. 26. 6. 3. & 14. 17. & 29.8. & 33.2. 25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the Ez. 5. 17.& quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send Deut. 28. 21 the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. t Num. 14. 12. Jer. 14. 12. & 24. 10. & 29. 17, 18. Amos 4. 10. u Ps. 105. 16. Is. 3. 1. Ez. 4. 16. & 5. 16. & 14. 13. Is. 9.20. Mic. 6. 14. Hag. 1. 6. y ver. 21, 24. 26 " And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and xye shall eat, and not be satisfied. 27 And yif ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me; 28 Then I will walk contrary 218. 59. 18. & unto you also zin fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. 63, 3. & 66. 15. Jer. 21. 5. Ez. 5. 13, 15. & 8. 18. 29 a And ye shall eat the flesh of a Deut. 28 53. your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. 2 Kings 6.23. Lam. 4. 10. Ez. 5. 10. b2 Chr. 34. 3, © 2 Kings 23. 2 Chr. 34. 5. d Lev. 20. 23. 30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall dabhor you. 31 e And I will make your cities waste, and fbring your sanctu9.33.59.&aries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. Jer. 14. 19. * Neh. 2. 3. Jer. 4.7 Ez. 6. 6. f Ps. 74. 7. Lam. 1. 10. Ez. 9. 6. & 21.2. 8. Jer. 9, 11. & 25. 11, 18. 1 Kings 9. 8. Jer. 18. 16. 328 And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be hastonished at it. 33 And I will scatter you among Dent 28,3 the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. & 19. 8. Ez. 5. 15. i Deut. 4. 27. & 28. 64. Ps. 44. 11. Jer. 9. 16. Ez. 12. 15. & 20. 23. & 22. 15. k2 Chr. 36.21. 1 ch. 25. 2. m Ez. 21. 7, 12, 15. 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. 35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. 44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, a I will not cast them away, a Deut. 4. 31. neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God. 45 But I will bfor their sakes bRom. 11. 28. remember the covenant of their ancestors, e whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt din the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD. e 36 And upon them that are left 46 These are the statutes and a Num. 6. 2. See Judg. 11. 30, 31, 39. CHAPTER XXVII. 1 He that maketh a singular row must be the Lord's. 3 The estimation of the person. 9 Of a beast given by row. 14 Of a house. 16 Of a field, and the redemption thereof. 28 No devoted thing may be redeemed. 32 The tithe may not be changed. and the redemption thereof. 12 And the priest shall value Before it, whether it be good or bad: CHRIST tas thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be. 13 But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation. 14 And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto AND the LORD spake unto the LORD, then the priest shall Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, a When a man shall make a singular_vow, 1 Sam. 1.11, the persons shall be for the LORD by thy estimation. 28. b Ex. 30. 13. 3 And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be ty shekels of silver, bafter the shekel of the sanctuary. estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand. 1491. † Heb. ac thy estima cording to tion, O priest, &c. c ver. 15, 19. 15 d And if he that sanctified it dver. 13. will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his. 16 And if a man shall sanctify fifunto the LORD some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: a homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. 4 And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels. 5 And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels. 6 And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estiImation shall be three shekels of silver. 7 And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fif teen shekels, and for the female ten shekels. 8 But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him. 9 And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD, all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy. 10 He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy. 11 And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice unto the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the priest: 17 If he sanctify his field from the year of jubilee, according to thy estimation it shall stand." or, the homer, &c. land of a 16. 18 But if he sanctify his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall e reckon unto him the ch. 25. 15, money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubilee, and it shall be abated from thy estimation. 19 f And if he that sanctified the fver. 13. field will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him. 20 And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more. 21 But the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field hdevoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's. 22 And if a man sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of k his possession; 231 Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, even unto the year of the jubilee: and he shall give thine estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto the LORD. ch. 25. 10, | 28, 31. hver. 28. Num. 18. 14. Ez. 44. 29. k cli. 25. 10, 25. Iver. 18. 24 m In the year of the jubilee ch. 25. 28. the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong. |