“ ‘If you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another. According to the number of years after the Jubilee you shall buy from your neighbor. According to the number of years of the crops he shall sell to you. According to the length of the years you shall increase its price, and according to the shortness of the years you shall diminish its price; for he is selling the number of the crops to you. You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am Yahweh your God.
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“ ‘If you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.
According to the number of years after the Jubilee you shall buy from your neighbor. According to the number of years of the crops he shall sell to you.
According to the length of the years you shall increase its price, and according to the shortness of the years you shall diminish its price; for he is selling the number of the crops to you.
You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am Yahweh your God.
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And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
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:
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.
Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.
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And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbour, or buy of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not wrong one another.
According to the number of years after the jubilee thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the crops he shall sell unto thee.
According to the multitude of the years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of the years thou shalt diminish the price of it; for the number of crops doth he sell unto thee.
And ye shall not wrong one another; but thou shalt fear thy God; for I am the LORD your God.
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- Leviticus 19:13 (v14) “ ‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. “ ‘The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
- Leviticus 19:14 (v17) “ ‘You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.
- Leviticus 19:32 (v17) “ ‘You shall rise up before the gray head and honor the face of the elderly; and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.
- Leviticus 25:17 (v14) You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am Yahweh your God.
- Exodus 20:20 (v17) Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid, for God has come to test you, and that his fear may be before you, that you won’t sin.”
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- Leviticus 25:43 (v17) You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.
- Genesis 42:18 (v17) Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this, and live, for I fear God.
- Leviticus 27:18-23 (v15) But if he dedicates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain to the…
- 1 Samuel 12:3-4 (v14) Here I am. Witness against me before Yahweh, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I…
- Isaiah 58:6 (v14) “Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to release the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free,…
- Ezekiel 22:7 (v14) In you have they treated father and mother with contempt. Among you they have oppressed the foreigner. In you they have wronged the…
- Ezekiel 22:12-13 (v14) In you have they taken bribes to shed blood. You have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by…
- Amos 5:11-12 (v14) Therefore, because you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in…
- Amos 8:4-7 (v14) Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail, Saying, ‘When will the new moon be gone, that we…
- Micah 2:2-3 (v14) They covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.…
- Micah 6:10-12 (v14) Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short ephah that is accursed? Shall I be pure with dishonest…
- Philippians 4:5 (v15) Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.
- James 5:1-5 (v14) Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you. Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.…
- Genesis 20:11 (v17) Abraham said, “Because I thought, ‘Surely the fear of God is not in this place. They will kill me for my wife’s sake.’
- Genesis 22:12 (v17) He said, “Don’t lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son,…
- Genesis 39:9 (v17) No one is greater in this house than I am, and he has not kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do…
- Leviticus 25:14 (v17) “ ‘If you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.
- Leviticus 25:27 (v16) then let him reckon the years since its sale, and restore the surplus to the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return to his property.
- Leviticus 25:51 (v16) If there are yet many years, according to them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
- Deuteronomy 16:19-20 (v14) You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and…
- Deuteronomy 25:18 (v17) how he met you by the way, and struck the rearmost of you, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he didn’t…
- Judges 4:3 (v14) The children of Israel cried to Yahweh, for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and he mightily oppressed the children of Israel for…
- 1 Samuel 12:24 (v17) Only fear Yahweh, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things he has done for you.
- 2 Chronicles 16:10 (v14) Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in the prison; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. Asa oppressed some of the…
- 2 Chronicles 19:7 (v17) Now therefore let the fear of Yahweh be on you. Take heed and do it; for there is no iniquity with Yahweh our God, nor respect of persons,…
- Nehemiah 5:9 (v17) Also I said, “The thing that you do is not good. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our…
- Nehemiah 5:15 (v17) But the former governors who were before me were supported by the people, and took bread and wine from them, plus forty shekels of silver;…
- Nehemiah 9:36-37 (v14) “Behold, we are servants today, and as for the land that you gave to our fathers to eat its fruit and its good, behold, we are servants in…
- Psalms 10:18 (v14) to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may terrify no more.
- Psalms 19:9 (v17) The fear of Yahweh is clean, enduring forever. Yahweh’s ordinances are true, and righteous altogether.
- Proverbs 1:7 (v17) The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
- Proverbs 14:31 (v14) He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.
- Proverbs 21:13 (v14) Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.
- Proverbs 22:16 (v14) Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.
- Proverbs 22:22 (v17) Don’t exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don’t crush the needy in court;
- Proverbs 28:3 (v14) A needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.
- Proverbs 28:8 (v14) He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.
- Proverbs 28:16 (v14) A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment. One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days.
- Ecclesiastes 5:8 (v14) If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don’t marvel at the matter,…
- Isaiah 1:17 (v14) Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Defend the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”
- Isaiah 3:12-15 (v14) As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people, those who lead you cause you to err, and destroy the…
- Isaiah 5:7 (v14) For the vineyard of Yahweh of Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but,…
- Isaiah 33:15 (v14) He who walks righteously and speaks blamelessly, he who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a…
- Jeremiah 7:5-6 (v17) For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor; if you don’t…
- Jeremiah 22:16 (v17) He judged the cause of the poor and needy; so it was well, then. Wasn’t this to know me?” says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 22:17 (v14) But your eyes and your heart are only for your covetousness, for shedding innocent blood, for oppression, and for doing violence.”
- Micah 7:3 (v14) Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; and the powerful man dictates the evil…
- Malachi 3:5 (v17) I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the…
- Luke 3:14 (v14) Soldiers also asked him, saying, “What about us? What must we do?” He said to them, “Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone…
- Luke 12:5 (v17) But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him.
- Acts 9:31 (v17) So the assemblies throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the…
- Acts 10:2 (v17) a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to God.
- Acts 10:35 (v17) but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.
- Romans 3:18 (v17) “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
- Romans 11:20 (v17) True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don’t be conceited, but fear;
- 1 Corinthians 6:8 (v14) No, but you yourselves do wrong and defraud, and that against your brothers.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:6 (v17) that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as…
- Job 20:19-20 (v14) For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he will not build it up. “Because he knew no quietness…
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv14–16 By deceit, or otherwise.
By deceit, or otherwise.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv14, 15, 17 Lev 25:14 And if thou sell ought unto thy…
Lev 25:14 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest [ought] of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
Ver. 14. Ye shall not oppress.] But proceed by that golden rule, "Whatever ye would that men should do to you, even so do ye to them."
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv14–16 Neither the seller by requiring more, nor the buyer…
Neither the seller by requiring more, nor the buyer by taking the advantage from his brother’s necessities to give him less than the worth of it.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv14–17 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour,.... Any…
And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour,.... Any estate or possession, house or land, at any time before the year of jubilee:
or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand; of movable goods, as the Targum of Jonathan interprets it; and so other Jewish writers (z) restrain this to goods which are bought by hand, and delivered from hand to hand; and so they think that fields, and servants, which they say are like to fields, are excluded hereby; but it seems to refer to anything saleable, and chiefly to fields and vineyards, as the following verses show; wherefore Diodorus Siculus, as quoted by Grotius, must be mistaken, when he says, it was not counted lawful by the Jews to sell their inheritance, unless he means for ever, so indeed they could not:
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ye shall not oppress one another; the buyer giving too little, or the seller requiring too much; no advantage was to be taken, either of the necessity of the one, or the ignorance of the other, but a fair bargain was to be made, and the full value given, neither too much nor too little. The Jews by "neighbour" understand an Israelite, and not a Gentile (a); not that there might be no buying and selling at all between Jews and Gentiles, or that the former might oppress and defraud the latter, though not an Israelite; but lands and inheritances might not be sold at all to Gentiles, only to Israelites.
(z) Maimon. & Bartenora in Misn. Bava Metziah, c. 4. sect. 9. (a) Jarchi in loc.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv14–16 Ye shall not oppress - Neither the seller by…
Ye shall not oppress - Neither the seller by requiring more, nor the buyer by taking the advantage from his brother's necessities to give him less than the worth of it.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv14–15 Verse 14. Ye shall not oppress one another] Ye…
Verse 14. Ye shall not oppress one another] Ye shall take no advantage of each other's ignorance either in buying or selling; for he that buys an article at less than it is worth, or sells one for more than it is worth, taking advantage in both cases of the ignorance of the vender or buyer, is no better than a thief, as he actually robs his neighbour of as much property as he has bought the article at below or sold it above its current value.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv14–16 Lev 25:14. Ye shall not oppress — Neither the…
Lev 25:14. Ye shall not oppress — Neither the seller, by requiring more, nor the buyer, by taking the advantage from his brother’s necessities to give him less than the worth of it.
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv14–15 Sell ought - i. e., any piece of ground.
Sell ought - i. e., any piece of ground.
Oppress one another - Rather, overreach one another. (Compare 1Sa 12:3-4).
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v14 Grieve. Hebrew, "deceive not." St. Chrysostom observes, that to…
Grieve. Hebrew, "deceive not." St. Chrysostom observes, that to engage another to sell us any thing for what we know is beneath its value, is theft. (Grotius, Jur. ii. 12.) The Rabbins also decide that, if an Israelite be defrauded a sixth part, restitution must be made, ver. 17. (Selden, Jur. vi. 6.)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On v17 Ye shall not oppress one another, but thou shalt…
Ye shall not oppress one another, but thou shalt fear thy God--This, which is the same as Lev 25:14, related to the sale or purchase of possessions and the duty of paying an honest and equitable regard, on both sides, to the limited period during which the bargain could stand. The object of the legislator was, as far as possible, to maintain the original order of families, and an equality of condition among the people.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv14, 15, 17 RULES FOR THE SALE OF LAND, Lev_25:14-17.
RULES FOR THE SALE OF LAND, Lev_25:14-17.
14. If thou sell aught — This relates to real estate.
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Ye shall not oppress — R.V., not wrong one another. The capitalist shall not make his brother’s necessity his opportunity to drive a sharp bargain and buy his field “for a song,” but he shall observe the following sliding scale in reference to the approach of the next jubilee.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv14, 15, 17 14. thou … ye] The variation in person indicates…
14. thou … ye] The variation in person indicates the combination of two sources.
thy neighbour] An unusual Heb. word (‘âmîth), occurring in the H section eleven times, 5:21 (bis), Lev_18:20, Lev_19:11; Lev_19:15; Lev_19:17, Lev_24:19, Lev_25:14 (bis), Lev_25:15; Lev_25:17; only once outside Lev., in Zec_13:7.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv14–17 (14) Ye shall not oppress one another.—Better, ye shall…
(14) Ye shall not oppress one another.—Better, ye shall not overreach any man his brother. Not only does the Law provide against the poor man losing his land for ever, but enjoins that in the temporary sales the buyer and seller are not to take undue advantage of each other’s circumstances. Hence it was enacted that if any one bought or sold anything for a sixth part more than its value the aggrieved party was entitled to have the excess returned to him, and if it amounted to more than a sixth part, the contract could be rescinded altogether. The fact that the phrase which is here translated “one another” in the Authorised Version is varied in the Hebrew in Lev_25:17, where it is likewise rendered “one another,” shows that it is not used in this idiomatic sense, but is designed to denote fellow-brethren, members of the same community, those who are related to each other by race and creed, as in Exo_32:27, Jer_31:34
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On v17 (See Scofield "Psa 19:9").
fear
(See Scofield "Psa 19:9").
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v15 General Information:
General Information:
God continues telling Moses what the people must do.
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that can be harvested
This can be stated in active form. AT: "that you can harvest" (See: Active or Passive)
the next Jubilee
"the next year of restoration" or "the next year to return land"
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neighbor
wrong
honor
God
Yahweh
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v15 25:15-16 the number of years: The law did not…
25:15-16 the number of years: The law did not allow the land to be sold in perpetuity. It was God’s, and Israel was simply permitted to use it (25:23). However, if the owner was forced to give it up due to financial distress, it could be leased for up to forty-nine years (until the next jubilee). The price was adjusted according to the length of the lease. At the end of that time, the land was to revert to the family of the original owner.
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