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14 So if you had sold property[a] to a neighbor or had acquired land from your neighbor, you are not to cheat one another. 15 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. 16 If the number of years after the jubilee[b] is more, increase the selling price. If the number of years after the jubilee[c] is few, decrease its selling price, because he’s selling to you according to the potential production volume[d] of the land.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 25:14 Lit. sold a ware
  2. Leviticus 25:16 The Heb. lacks after the jubilee
  3. Leviticus 25:16 The Heb. lacks after the jubilee
  4. Leviticus 25:16 Lit. the number
  5. Leviticus 25:16 The Heb. lacks of the land

14 “‘If you sell land to any of your own people or buy land from them, do not take advantage of each other.(A) 15 You are to buy from your own people on the basis of the number of years(B) since the Jubilee. And they are to sell to you on the basis of the number of years left for harvesting crops. 16 When the years are many, you are to increase the price, and when the years are few, you are to decrease the price,(C) because what is really being sold to you is the number of crops.

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