And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai saying, speak unto the
children of Israel and say unto them: When ye be come in to the land
which I give you, let the land rest a Sabbath unto the LORD. Six years
thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt cut thy vines and
gather in thy fruits. But the seventh year shall be a Sabbath of rest
unto the land. The LORD's Sabbath it shall be, and thou shalt neither
sow thy field, nor cut thy vines. The corn that groweth by itself thou
shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes that grow without thy
dressing: but it shall be a Sabbath of rest unto the land. Nevertheless
the Sabbath of the land shall be meat for you: even for thee and thy
servant and for thy maid and for thy hired servant and for the stranger
that dwelleth with thee: and for thy cattle and for the beasts that are
in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat. Then number seven
weeks of years, that is, seven times seven years: and the space of the
seven weeks of years will be unto thee forty nine years. And then thou
shalt make an horn blow: even in the tenth day of the seventh month,
which is the day of atonement. And then shall ye make the horn blow,
even thorowout all your land. And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year,
and proclaim liberty thorowout the land unto all the inhabiters
thereof. It shall be a year of horns blowing unto you and ye shall
return: every man unto his possession and every man unto his kindred
again. A year of horns blowing shall that fiftieth year be unto you. Ye
shall not sow neither reap the corn that groweth by itself, nor gather
the grapes that grow without thy labour. For it is a year of horns
blowing and shall be holy unto you: how be it, yet ye shall eat of the
increase of the field. And in this year of horns blowing ye shall
return, every man unto his possession again. When thou sellest ought
unto thy neighbour or buyest of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not
oppress one another: but according to the number of years after the
trompet year, thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the
number of fruit years, he shall sell unto thee. According unto the
multitude of years, thou shalt increase the price thereof and according
to the fewness of years, thou shalt minish the price: for the number of
fruit he shall sell unto thee. And see that no man oppress his
neighbour, but fear thy God. For I am the LORD your God. Wherefore do
after mine ordinances and keep my laws and do them, that ye may dwell
in the land in safety. And the land shall give her fruit, and ye shall
eat your fill and dwell therein in safety. If ye shall say, what shall
we eat the seventh year inasmuch as we shall not sow nor gather in our
increase?. I will send my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it
shall bring forth fruit for three years: and ye shall sow the eighth
year and eat of old fruit until the ninth year, and even until her
fruits come, ye shall eat of old store. Wherefore the land shall not be
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