Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
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26 And when the man has no redeemer and is able to stretch forth his hand and find enough for his redemption,
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If, however, there is no one to redeem it for them but later on they prosper and acquire sufficient means to redeem it themselves,
27 then he shall count the years from the sale thereof and pay that which remains unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.
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they are to determine the value for the years since they sold it and refund the balance to the one to whom they sold it; they can then go back to their own property.
28 But if he is not able to stretch forth his hand and find enough to return unto it, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of the one that has bought it until the year of jubilee; and in the jubilee <em>the land</em> shall go out <em>free</em>, and he shall return unto his possession.
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But if they do not acquire the means to repay, what was sold will remain in the possession of the buyer until the Year of Jubilee. It will be returned in the Jubilee, and they can then go back to their property.
29 And if a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; <em>within</em> a full year may he redeem it.
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“ ‘Anyone who sells a house in a walled city retains the right of redemption a full year after its sale. During that time the seller may redeem it.
30 And if it is not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to the one that bought it for his descendants; it shall not go out in the jubilee.
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If it is not redeemed before a full year has passed, the house in the walled city shall belong permanently to the buyer and the buyer’s descendants. It is not to be returned in the Jubilee.
31 But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country; they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubilee.
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But houses in villages without walls around them are to be considered as belonging to the open country. They can be redeemed, and they are to be returned in the Jubilee.
32 Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites <em>and</em> the houses of the cities of their possession, the Levites may redeem at any time.
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“ ‘The Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the Levitical towns, which they possess.
33 And if a man <em>makes a</em> purchase from the Levites, then the house that was sold and the city of his possession, shall go out in <em>the year of</em> jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites <em>are</em> their possession among the sons of Israel.
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So the property of the Levites is redeemable—that is, a house sold in any town they hold—and is to be returned in the Jubilee, because the houses in the towns of the Levites are their property among the Israelites.
34 But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold, for it <em>is</em> their perpetual possession.
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But the pastureland belonging to their towns must not be sold; it is their permanent possession.
35 And if thy brother becomes poor and comes unto thee, then thou shalt receive him; as a stranger, or a sojourner, he shall live with thee.
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“ ‘If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and are unable to support themselves among you, help them as you would a foreigner and stranger, so they can continue to live among you.
36 Take thou no usury of him, or increase; but thou shalt have the fear of thy God, and thy brother shall live with thee.
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Do not take interest or any profit from them, but fear your God, so that they may continue to live among you.
The Jubilee Bible (from the Scriptures of the Reformation), edited by Russell M. Stendal, Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2010
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