Leviticus 25:17

17 And you must not oppress {one another}, but you shall revere your God, because I [am] Yahweh, your God.

Leviticus 25:17 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 25:17

Ye shall not therefore oppress one another
By over or underrating estates: but thou shalt fear thy God;
and the fear of God being before their eyes, and on their hearts, would preserve both buyer and seller from doing an ill thing, when it was in the power of either, through the necessity of the one, or the ignorance of the other, see ( Nehemiah 5:15 ) : for I [am] the Lord your God;
omniscient, and knows all that is done in the most private and artful manner; and omnipotent and able to punish both, which of them either should oppress or defraud, see ( 1 Thessalonians 4:6 ) .

Leviticus 25:17 In-Context

15 You must buy from your fellow citizen according to [the] number of years after the Jubilee; he must sell to you according to [the] number of years of yield.

16 You must increase its price {according to a greater number of years}, but you must decrease its price {according to a lesser number of years}, because he is selling [its] yields to you.

17 And you must not oppress {one another}, but you shall revere your God, because I [am] Yahweh, your God.

18 " 'And you shall do my statutes, and you must keep my regulations, and you shall do them, so that you shall live {securely} on the land.

19 And the land shall give its fruit, and you shall eat {your fill}, and you shall live {securely} on it.

Footnotes

• [a]. Plural
• [b]. Literally "a man his citizen"
• [c]. Or "and"
• [d]. Singular
• [e]. Plural