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And ye shall leave them as an inheritance to your children after you, to inherit them as a possession: these may ye make your bondmen for ever; but as for your brethren, the children of Israel, ye shall not rule over one another with rigour.

after that he is sold there shall be right of redemption for him; one of his brethren may redeem him.

If there are yet many years, according unto them shall he return his redemption [money] out of the money that he was bought for;

For the children of Israel are servants unto me; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.

Ye shall make yourselves no idols, neither rear you up for yourselves carved image, or statue, nor shall ye set up a figured stone in your land, to bow down unto it; for I am Jehovah your God.

I also will do this unto you—I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and fever, which shall cause the eyes to fail, and the soul to waste away; and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

And if for this ye hearken not unto me, I will punish you sevenfold more for your sins,

then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will smite you, even I, sevenfold for your sins.

And if for this ye hearken not to me, but walk contrary unto me,

then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven-fold for your sins.

For the land shall be left by them, and shall enjoy its sabbaths, when it is in desolation without them; and they shall accept the punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they despised my judgments, and their soul abhorred my statutes.

And yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not despise them, and will not abhor them, to make an end of them utterly, to break my covenant with them, for I am Jehovah their God.

Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them, When any one devoteth [anything] by a vow, the persons shall be for Jehovah according to thy valuation.

And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, thy valuation of the male shall be twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, thy valuation of the male shall be five shekels of silver; and for the female thy valuation shall be three shekels of silver.

And if it be from sixty years old and above, if it be a male, thy valuation shall be fifteen shekels; and for the female ten shekels.

They shall not alter it nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; and if he at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy.

These are the commandments which Jehovah commanded Moses for the children of Israel upon mount Sinai.

And with you there shall be a man for every tribe, a man who is the head of his father's house.

And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: for Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;