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The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 25, Verse 19

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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.
King James Version
And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
American Standard Version
And the land shall yield its fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
New English Translation
“‘The land will give its fruit and you may eat until you are satisfied, and you may live securely in the land.
World English Bible
The land shall yield its fruit, and you 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.
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But if he be not able to restore [it] to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.
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And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; [within] a full year may he redeem it.