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The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 25, Verse 16

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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:
King James Version
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.
American Standard Version
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 the crops doth he sell unto thee.
New English Translation
The more years there are, the more you may make its purchase price, and the fewer years there are, the less you must make its purchase price, because he is only selling to you a number of years of produce.
World English Bible
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.
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Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I [am] the LORD your God.
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Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
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And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
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And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:
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Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.
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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].
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The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land [is] mine; for ye [are] strangers and sojourners with me.
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And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.
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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.
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And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;