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When
you come into the land that I am giving you, the land must rest, a
Shabbat to me. For six years you may plant your fields and prune
your vineyards, but on the seventh year it is a rest for the land.
What grows may be eaten by you.
The
Jubilee
You
shall count seven sabbatical years, that is seven times seven
years (49 years), then on the 10th day of the seventh month you
will make a proclamation and sanctify the fiftieth year. In
this year all slaves will be freed and each person will return to
his family.
If
you sell your land to someone, you must only charge for the time
that it will be used until the next Jubilee and then it will be
returned. So, you must make it a fair price. Since the land is
mine no land may be sold permanently.
Redemption
of the Land
If
someone is poor and has to sell his land, a relative can buy the
land from the person that it was sold to. If he does not have any
money his land will be returned in the Jubilee year.
Houses
in Walled Cities
When
a person sells a house in a walled city they have one year to
redeem it. If they do not, it becomes the property of the new
owner and may be passed down through that family. It will not be
released in the Jubilee.
Houses in
villages without walls will be considered open land and can be
redeemed in the Jubilee.
In the
Levites' cities, the Levites have the right to the houses in their
hereditary cities. If someone buys a home in their cities, it must
be released in the Jubilee year.
Helping
Others
When
someone becomes impoverished and looses the ability to support
themselves you must come to their aid. You may not charge interest
on any money or food you give to them.
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