Leviticus 25:16

16 You will raise the price if there are more years, or lower the price if there are less years because it is the number of harvests that are being sold to you.

Leviticus 25:16 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 25:16

According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the
price thereof
More was to be asked and required, and should be given for an estate, when, for instance, there were thirty years to the year of jubilee, than when there were but twenty; and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of
it;
if it wanted but five, or six, or ten years unto it, then, in proportion, less was to be insisted upon and given: for [according] to the number [of the years] of the fruits doth he
sell unto thee;
which also must be considered, how many years of tillage of land, and cultivation of vineyards there were in the account, and how many sabbatical years to be deducted; for only according to the number of fruit years was the estate to be valued and sold.

Leviticus 25:16 In-Context

14 When you sell something to or buy something from your fellow citizen, you must not cheat each other.
15 You will buy from your fellow citizen according to the number of years since the Jubilee; he will sell to you according to the number of years left for harvests.
16 You will raise the price if there are more years, or lower the price if there are less years because it is the number of harvests that are being sold to you.
17 You must not cheat each other but fear your God because I am the LORD your God.
18 You will observe my rules, and you will keep my regulations and do them so that you can live securely on the land.
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