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'But in the fifth year you shall eat its fruit, so that its yield may increase for you; I am the LORD your God.

'A widow, or a divorced woman, or one who is profaned by prostitution, these he shall not take; but rather he is to marry a virgin of his own people,

'But when the sun sets, he will be clean, and afterward he may eat of the holy gifts, for it is his food.

'But if a priest buys a slave as his property with his money, that person may eat of it, and those who are born in his house may eat of his food.

'But if a priest's daughter becomes a widow or divorced, and has no child and returns to her father's house as in her youth, she may eat of her father's food; but no layman shall eat of it.

'Now as for an ox or a lamb which has an overgrown or stunted member, you may present it as a voluntary offering, but for a vow it will not be accepted.

"But, whether it is an ox or a sheep, you shall not slaughter both it and its young in one day.

"And you shall not profane My holy name, but I will be sanctified among the sons of Israel; I am the LORD who sanctifies you,

'For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation. You shall not do any work; it is a Sabbath to the LORD in all your dwellings.

'But for seven days you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.'"

'You shall not do any laborious work, but you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD.'"

'But the one who takes the life of an animal shall make restitution, life for life.

'So the one who kills an animal shall make restitution, but the one who kills a person shall be put to death.

but during the seventh year the land shall have a Sabbath rest, a Sabbath to the LORD; you shall not sow your field nor prune your vineyard.

'So you shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.

'But if you say, "What are we going to eat in the seventh year if we do not sow nor gather in our produce?"

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

'But if 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 revert, so that he may return to his property.

'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 revert in the jubilee.

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