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The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 25, Verse 17

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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.
King James Version
Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I [am] the LORD your God.
American Standard Version
And ye shall not wrong one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am Jehovah your God.
New English Translation
No one is to oppress his fellow citizen, but you must fear your God, because I am the LORD your God.
World English Bible
You shall not wrong one another; but you shall fear your God: for I am Yahweh 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;
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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.