16 (A)In proportion to [a]a greater number of years you shall increase its price, and in proportion to [b]fewer years you shall decrease its price, because it is the number of crops that he is selling to you. 17 So (B)you shall not [c]wrong one another, but you shall [d]fear your God; for I am the Lord your God.

18 ‘You shall therefore [e]follow My statutes and keep My judgments so as to carry them out, so that (C)you may live securely on the land.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 25:16 Lit the multitude of
  2. Leviticus 25:16 Lit the years being few
  3. Leviticus 25:17 Lit oppress
  4. Leviticus 25:17 Or revere
  5. Leviticus 25:18 Lit do My

16 When the years are many, you are to increase the price, and when the years are few, you are to decrease the price,(A) because what is really being sold to you is the number of crops. 17 Do not take advantage of each other,(B) but fear your God.(C) I am the Lord your God.(D)

18 “‘Follow my decrees and be careful to obey my laws,(E) and you will live safely in the land.(F)

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