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'The land, moreover, shall not be sold permanently, because ^(C1)the land is Mine; for ^(C2)you are only strangers and residents with Me.

'So for every ^(F1)piece of your property, you are to provide for the redemption of the land.

'^(C1)If a fellow countryman of yours becomes so poor that he sells part of his property, then his closest ^(F1)redeemer is to come and buy back what his relative has sold.

'Or in case someone has no redeemer, but ^(F1)recovers to find sufficient means for its redemption,

^(C1)then he shall calculate the years since its sale and refund the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and so return to his property.

'But if ^(F1)he has not found sufficient means to get it back for himself, then what he has sold shall remain in the hands of its purchaser until the year of jubilee; but at the jubilee it shall ^(F2)revert, so that ^(C1)he may return to his property.

'Likewise, if a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, then his redemption right remains valid until a full year after its sale; his right of redemption lasts a full year.

'But if it is not bought back for him within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city passes permanently to its purchaser throughout his generations; it does not ^(F1)revert in the jubilee.

'The houses of the villages, however, which have no surrounding wall, shall be regarded ^(F1)as open fields; they have redemption rights and ^(F2)revert in the jubilee.

'As for the ^(C1)cities of the Levites, the Levites have a permanent right of redemption for the houses of the cities which are their possession.

'What, therefore, ^(F1)belongs to the Levites may be redeemed, and a house sale ^(F2)in the city of this possession ^(F3)reverts in the jubilee, because the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the sons of Israel.

'^(C1)But pasture fields of their cities shall not be sold, for that is their permanent possession.

'^(C1)Now in case a countryman of yours becomes poor and his ^(F1)means among you falter, then you are to sustain him, like a stranger or a resident, so that he may live with you.

'^(C1)Do not take ^(F1)any kind of interest from him, but ^(F2)fear your God, so that your countryman may live with you.

'You shall not give him your silver at interest, nor your food ^(F1)for profit.

'^(C1)I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan, and ^(C2)to be your God.