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35 And if thy brother be waxen poor, and his means fail with thee; then thou shalt uphold him: as a stranger and a settler shall he live with thee.
35 If your brother has become impoverished, or infirm of hand, and you take him in, like a newcomer or a sojourner, and he lives with you,
35 And if your brother becomes poor and stretches out his hand for help, you shall not look upon him as a stranger or a sojourner; he shall live with you.
36 Take thou no interest of him or increase; but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
36 do not accept usury from him, nor anything more than what you gave. Fear your God, so that your brother may be able to live with you.
37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy victuals for increase.
Lv25:37 Thou shalt not lend thy money to him at interest, and thou shalt not lend thy meat to him to be returned with increase.
37 You shall not give him your money by usury, nor exact from him an overabundance of produce.
38 I am YHWH your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, to be your God.
Lv25:38 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Chanaan, so as to be your God.
39 And if thy brother be waxen poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee, thou shalt not make him to serve as a bondservant.
39 If your brother, having been compelled by poverty, will have sold himself to you, you shall not oppress him with the servitude of indentured servants.
39 And if your brother becomes poor and be sold to you, you shall not compel him to serve as a bondservant;
40 As a hired servant, and as a settler, he shall be with thee; he shall serve with thee unto the year of jubilee.
Lv25:40 He shall be with thee as a hireling or a sojourner, he shall work for thee till the year of release
40 But as a hired laborer, and as a sojourner, he shall be with you, and shall serve you until the year of jubilee;
41 Then shall he go out from thee, he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.
Lv25:41 and he shall go out in the release, and his children with him; and he shall go to his family, he shall hasten back to his patrimony.
41 And after that, he shall depart with his children, and he shall return to his kindred, to the possession of his fathers.
42 For they are My servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as bondmen.
Lv25:42 Because these are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt; such an one shall not be sold as a common servant.
42 For these are my servants, and I led them away from the land of Egypt; let them not be sold into the condition of servitude.
43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
43 Do not afflict him by power, but be fearful of your God.
43 You shall not compel them to do hard work; but shall fear your God.
44 And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, whom thou mayest have: of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
Lv25:44 And whatever number of men-servants and maid-servants thou shalt have, thou shalt purchase male and female servants from the nations that are round about thee.
44 Let your male and female servants be from the nations which are all around you,
45 Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them may ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they have begotten in your land; and they may be your possession.
Lv25:45 And of the sons of the sojourners that are among you, of these ye shall buy and of their relations, all that shall be in your lands; let them be to you for a possession.
45 and from the newcomers who sojourn with you, or who have been born from them in your land. These you shall have as servants,
46 And ye may make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession: of them may ye take your bondmen for ever; but over your brethren the children of Israel ye shall not rule, one over another, with rigour.
Lv25:46 And ye shall distribute them to your children after you, and they shall be to you permanent possessions for ever: but of your brethren the children of Israel, one shall not oppress his brother in labours.
46 and, by the right of inheritance, you shall transmit them to your posterity, and you shall possess them forever. But do not oppress your brothers, the sons of Israel, by power.
47 And if a stranger who is a settler with thee be waxen rich, and thy brother be waxen poor beside him, and sell himself unto the stranger who is a settler with thee, or to the offshoot of a stranger's family,
47 If the hand of a newcomer or a sojourner will have grown strong among you, and your brother, having become impoverished, will have sold himself to him, or to any of his stock,
48 after that he is sold he may be redeemed; one of his brethren may redeem him;
Lv25:48 after he is sold to him there shall be redemption for him, one of his brethren shall redeem him.
48 after the sale, he is able to be redeemed. Whoever is willing among his brothers shall redeem him
49 or his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be waxen rich, he may redeem himself.
Lv25:49 A brother of his father, or a son of his father’s brother shall redeem him; or let one of his near kin of his tribe redeem him, and if he should be rich and redeem himself,
49 either the paternal uncle, or the paternal uncle’s son, or his close relative, by blood or by affinity. But if he himself will be able also, he shall redeem himself,
50 And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he sold himself to him unto the year of jubilee; and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years; according to the time of a hired servant shall he be with him.
Lv25:50 then shall he calculate with his purchaser from the year that he sold himself to him until the year of release: and the money of his purchase shall be as that of a hireling, he shall be with him from year to year.
50 considering only the years from the time of his selling until the year of the Jubilee, and calculating the money for which he was sold, according to the number of years and the accounting of a hired hand.
51 If there be yet many years, according unto them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
Lv25:51 And if any have a greater number of years than enough, according to these he shall pay his ransom out of his purchase-money.
51 If there will have been many years which remain until the Jubilee, according to these shall he also repay the price.
52 And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according unto his years shall he give back the price of his redemption.
Lv25:52 And if but a little time be left of the years to the year of release, then shall he reckon to him according to his years, and shall pay his ransom
52 If few, he shall determine the accounting with him according to the number of years, and he shall repay to the buyer by what is left remaining of the years;
53 As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him; he shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.
Lv25:53 as a hireling; he shall be with him from year to year; thou shalt not oppress him with labour before thee.
53 his wages being charged by what served before. He shall not afflict him violently in your sight.
54 And if he be not redeemed by any of these means, then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, he, and his children with him.
Lv25:54 And if he do not pay his ransom accordingly, he shall go out in the year of his release, he and his children with him.
54 But if, by these means, he will not be able to be redeemed, then in the year of the Jubilee he shall depart with his children.