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14-16 Because of this, if the land is sold or bought during the preceding forty-nine years, a fair price shall be arrived at by counting the number of years until the Jubilee. If the Jubilee is many years away, the price will be high; if few years, the price will be low; for what you are really doing is selling the number of crops the new owner will get from the land before it is returned to you.

17-18 “You must fear your God and not overcharge! For I am Jehovah. Obey my laws if you want to live safely in the land.

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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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