Leviticus

Contains rules and instructions for rituals, offerings, and how to live a holy life.

Chapter 25

KJV: And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,

Geneva: And the Lorde spake vnto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,

KJV: Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD.

Geneva: Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, When ye shall come into the lande which I giue you, the lande shall keepe Sabbath vnto the Lorde.

KJV: Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;

Geneva: Sixe yeeres thou shalt sowe thy field, and sixe yeeres thou shalt cut thy vineyarde, and gather the fruite thereof.

KJV: But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.

Geneva: But the seuenth yeere shalbe a Sabbath of rest vnto the lande: it shall be the Lordes Sabbath: thou shalt neither sowe thy fielde, nor cut thy vineyarde.

KJV: That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land.

Geneva: That which groweth of it owne accorde of thy haruest, thou shalt not reape, neither gather the grapes that thou hast left vnlaboured: for it shalbe a yeere of rest vnto the land.

KJV: And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee,

Geneva: And the rest of the lande shall be meate for you, euen for thee, and for thy seruant, and for thy mayde, and for thy hired seruant, and for the stranger that soiourneth with thee:

KJV: And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.

Geneva: And for thy cattell, and for the beastes that are in thy lande shall all the encrease thereof be meate.

KJV: And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.

Geneva: Also thou shalt number seuen Sabbaths of yeeres vnto thee, euen seuen times seuen yeere: and the space of the seuen Sabbaths of yeeres will be vnto thee nine and fourtie yeere.

KJV: Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.

Geneva: Then thou shalt cause to blow the trumpet of the Iubile in the tenth day of the seuenth moneth: euen in the day of the reconciliation shall ye make the trumpet blowe, throughout all your lande.

KJV: And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.

Geneva: And ye shall halowe that yeere, euen the fiftieth yeere, and proclaime libertie in the lande to all the inhabitants thereof: it shalbe the Iubile vnto you, and ye shall returne euery man vnto his possession, and euery man shall returne vnto his familie.

KJV: A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed.

Geneva: This fiftieth yeere shalbe a yeere of Iubile vnto you: ye shall not sowe, neither reape that which groweth of it selfe, neither gather the grapes thereof, that are left vnlaboured.

KJV: For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.

Geneva: For it is the Iubile, it shall be holy vnto you: ye shall eate of the encrease thereof out of the fielde.

KJV: In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.

Geneva: In the yeere of this Iubile, ye shall returne euery man vnto his possession.

KJV: And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:

Geneva: And when thou sellest ought to thy neighbour, or byest at thy neighbours hande, ye shall not oppresse one another:

KJV: According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee:

Geneva: But according to the nomber of yeeres after the Iubile thou shalt bye of thy neighbour: also according to the nomber of the yeeres of the reuenues, he shall sell vnto thee.

KJV: According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.

Geneva: According to the multitude of yeeres, thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewnesse of yeeres, thou shalt abate the price of it: for the nomber of fruites doeth he sell vnto thee.

KJV: Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God:for I am the LORD your God.

Geneva: Oppresse not ye therefore any man his neighbour, but thou shalt feare thy God: for I am the Lorde your God.

KJV: Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.

Geneva: Wherefore ye shall obey mine ordinances, and keepe my lawes, and do them, and ye shall dwell in the land in safetie.

KJV: And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.

Geneva: And the lande shall giue her fruite, and ye shall eate your fill, and dwell therein in safetie.

KJV: And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:

Geneva: And if ye shall say, What shall we eate the seuenth yeere, for we shall not sowe, nor gather in our increase?

KJV: Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.

Geneva: I will sende my blessing vpon you in the sixt yeere, and it shall bring foorth fruite for three yeeres.

KJV: And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store.

Geneva: And ye shall sowe the eight yeere, & eate of the olde fruite vntill the ninth yeere: vntill the fruite thereof come, ye shall eate the olde.

KJV: The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

Geneva: Also the lande shall not be solde to be cut off from the familie: for the land is mine, and ye be but strangers and soiourners with me.

KJV: And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.

Geneva: Therefore in all the land of your possession ye shall graunt a redemption for the lande.

KJV: If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.

Geneva: If thy brother be impouerished, and sell his possession, then his redeemer shall come, euen his neere kinsman, and bye out that which his brother solde.

KJV: And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;

Geneva: And if he haue no redeemer, but hath gotten and founde to bye it out,

KJV: Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.

Geneva: Then shal he count the yeeres of his sale, & restore the ouerplus to the man, to whome he solde it: so shall he returne to his possession.

KJV: But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.

Geneva: But if he can not get sufficient to restore to him, then that which is solde, shall remaine in the hande of him that hath bought it, vntill the yere of the Iubile: and in the Iubile it shal come out, and he shall returne vnto his possession.

KJV: And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it.

Geneva: Likewise if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled citie, he may bye it out againe within a whole yeere after it is solde: within a yeere may he bye it out.

KJV: And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.

Geneva: But if it be not bought out within ye space of a ful yeere, then the house that is in the walled citie, shalbe stablished, as cut off from the familie, to him that bought it, throughout his generations: it shall not goe out in the Iubile.

KJV: 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 jubile.

Geneva: But the houses of villages, which haue no walles round about them, shalbe esteemed as the fielde of the countrey: they may be bought out againe, and shall goe out in the Iubile.

KJV: Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.

Geneva: Notwithstanding, the cities of the Leuites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Leuites redeeme at all seasons.

KJV: And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.

Geneva: And if a man purchase of the Leuites, the house that was solde, and the citie of their possession shall goe out in the Iubile: for the houses of the cities of the Leuites are their possession among the children of Israel.

KJV: But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.

Geneva: But the fielde of the suburbes of their cities, shall not be solde: for it is their perpetuall possession.

KJV: And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.

Geneva: Moreouer, if thy brother be impouerished, and fallen in decay with thee, thou shalt relieue him, and as a stranger and soiourner, so shall he liue with thee.

KJV: Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.

Geneva: Thou shalt take no vsurie of him, nor vantage, but thou shalt feare thy God, that thy brother may liue with thee.

KJV: Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.

Geneva: Thou shalt not giue him thy money to vsurie, nor lende him thy vitailes for increase.

KJV: I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.

Geneva: I am the Lorde your God, which haue brought you out of the lande of Egypt, to giue you the lande of Canaan, and to be your God.

KJV: And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:

Geneva: If thy brother also that dwelleth by thee, be impouerished, and be sold vnto thee, thou shalt not compel him to serue as a bond seruant,

KJV: But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:

Geneva: But as an hired seruant, and as a soiourner he shalbe with thee: he shall serue thee vnto the yeere of the Iubile.

KJV: And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.

Geneva: Then shall he depart from thee, both hee, and his children with him, and shall returne vnto his familie, and vnto the possession of his fathers shall he returne:

KJV: For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.

Geneva: For they are my seruants, whom I brought out of the lande of Egypt: they shall not be solde as bondmen are solde.

KJV: Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

Geneva: Thou shalt not rule ouer him cruelly, but shalt feare thy God.

KJV: Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

Geneva: Thy bond seruant also, & thy bond maid, which thou shalt haue, shalbe of the heathen that are rounde about you: of them shall ye bye seruants and maydes.

KJV: Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.

Geneva: And moreouer of the children of the stragers, that are soiourners among you, of them shall ye bye, and of their families that are with you, which they begate in your lande: these shall be your possession.

KJV: And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.

Geneva: So ye shall take them as inheritance for your children after you, to possesse them by inheritance, ye shall vse their labours for euer: but ouer your brethren the children of Israel ye shall not rule one ouer another with crueltie.

KJV: And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger’s family:

Geneva: If a soiourner or a stranger dwelling by thee get riches, & thy brother by him be impouerished, and sell him selfe vnto the stranger or soiourner dwelling by thee, or to the stocke of the strangers familie,

KJV: After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:

Geneva: After that he is solde, he may be bought out: one of his brethren may bye him out,

KJV: Either his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself.

Geneva: Or his vncle, or his vncles sonne may bye him out, or any of the kindred of his flesh among his familie, may redeeme him: either if he can get so much, he may bye him selfe out.

KJV: And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him.

Geneva: Then he shall recken with his byer from the yeere that he was solde to him, vnto the yere of Iubile: and the money of his sale shalbe according to the number of yeeres: according to the time of an hyred seruant shall he be with him.

KJV: If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.

Geneva: If there be many yeeres behind, according to them he shall giue againe for his deliuerance, of the money that he was bought for.

KJV: And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption.

Geneva: If there remaine but fewe yeeres vnto the yeere of Iubile, then he shall count with him, and according to his yeeres giue againe for his redemption.

KJV: And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.

Geneva: He shalbe with him yeere by yeere as an hired seruant: he shall not rule cruelly ouer him in thy sight.

KJV: And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him.

Geneva: And if he be not redeemed thus, he shal go out in the yeere of Iubile, he, and his children with him.

KJV: For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

Geneva: For vnto me the children of Israel are seruants: they are my seruants, who I haue brought out of the land of Egypt: I am ye Lord your God.

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