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21 I will command such a blessing for you in the sixth year that there will be crop enough for three years, 22 and when you sow in the eighth year, you will still be eating from the old crop; even into the ninth year, until the crop comes in, you will still be eating from the old crop.(A)

Redemption of Property.[a] 23 The land shall not be sold irrevocably; for the land is mine, and you are but resident aliens and under my authority.

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Footnotes

  1. 25:23–55 This is a series of laws dealing mainly with situations of poverty in which one has to sell land, obtain a loan, or become indentured. Many of the laws are connected with the release of debts in the jubilee year.

21 I will send you such a blessing(A) in the sixth year that the land will yield enough for three years.(B) 22 While you plant during the eighth year, you will eat from the old crop and will continue to eat from it until the harvest of the ninth year comes in.(C)

23 “‘The land(D) must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine(E) and you reside in my land as foreigners(F) and strangers.

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