15 But according to the number of [a]years after the Jubilee, thou shalt buy of thy neighbor: also according to the number of the years of the revenues, he shall sell unto thee.

16 According to the multitude of years, thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt abate the price of it: for the number of [b]fruits doth he sell unto thee.

17 Oppress not ye therefore any man his neighbor, but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the Lord your God.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 25:15 If the Jubilee to come be near, thou shalt sell better cheap: if it be far off, dearer.
  2. Leviticus 25:16 And not the full possession of the land.

15 You are to buy from your own people on the basis of the number of years(A) 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,(B) because what is really being sold to you is the number of crops. 17 Do not take advantage of each other,(C) but fear your God.(D) I am the Lord your God.(E)

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