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"After these things, if you still don't obey me, I will punish you seven times more for your sins.

then I will also turn against you. I—yes, I myself—will punish you seven times for your sins.

You will have broken my agreement, so I will punish you. I will bring armies against you. You will go into your cities for safety, but I will cause diseases to spread among you. And your enemies will defeat you.

then I will really show my anger! I—yes, I myself—will punish you seven times for your sins.

Maybe they will admit that I turned against them and brought them into the land of their enemies. These people will be like strangers to me. But maybe they will become humble and accept the punishment for their sin.

"The land will be empty. The land will enjoy its time of rest. Then the survivors will accept the punishment for their sins. They will learn that they were punished because they hated my laws and refused to obey my rules.

They have sinned. But if they come to me for help, I will not turn away from them. I will listen to them, even if they are in the land of their enemies. I will not completely destroy them. I will not break my agreement with them, because I am the Lord their God.

For them, I will remember the agreement with their ancestors. I brought their ancestors out of the land of Egypt so that I could become their God. The other nations saw these things. I am the Lord ."

"Tell the Israelites: You might promise to give someone to the Lord as a servant. The priest must set a price for that person.

The price for a man from 20 to 60 years old is 50 shekels of silver. (You must use the official measure for the silver.)

The price for a woman who is 20 to 60 years old is 30 shekels.

The price for a man from 5 to 20 years old is 20 shekels. For a woman the price is 10 shekels.

The price for a boy from one month to five years old is 5 shekels. For a girl, the price is 3 shekels.

The price for a man who is 60 years old or older is 15 shekels. The price for a woman is 10 shekels.

You must not put any other animal in its place. Don't try to trade a good animal for a bad one or a bad animal for a good one. If you try to change animals, both animals will become holy—they will both belong to the Lord.

The priest will decide a price for that animal. It doesn't make any difference if the animal is good or bad. If the priest decides on a price, that is the price for the animal.

"If you dedicate your house as holy to the Lord , the priest must decide its price. It doesn't make any difference if the house is good or bad. If the priest decides on a price, that is the price for the house.

"You might dedicate a field to the Lord . The value of this field will depend on how much seed is needed to plant it. It will be 50 shekels of silver for each homer of barley seed.

then the priest must count the years to the year of Jubilee and decide the price for the land. Then that land will belong to the Lord .

If the firstborn animal is an unclean animal, you must buy back that animal. The priest will decide the price of the animal, and you must add one-fifth to that price. If you don't buy that animal back, the priest will sell the animal for whatever price he decides.