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and the Israelite woman's son blasphemed the Name, and cursed. And they brought him to Moses. His mother's name was Shelo'mith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.

"Bring out of the camp him who cursed; and let all who heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.

And say to the people of Israel, Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.

When a man causes a disfigurement in his neighbor, as he has done it shall be done to him,

And you shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants; it shall be a jubilee for you, when each of you shall return to his property and each of you shall return to his family.

"In this year of jubilee each of you shall return to his property.

"If your brother becomes poor, and sells part of his property, then his next of kin shall come and redeem what his brother has sold.

let him reckon the years since he sold it and pay back the overpayment to the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return to his property.

But if he has not sufficient means to get it back for himself, then what he sold shall remain in the hand of him who bought it until the year of jubilee; in the jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his property.

If it is not redeemed within a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be made sure in perpetuity to him who bought it, throughout his generations; it shall not be released in the jubilee.

And if one of the Levites does not exercise his right of redemption, then the house that was sold in a city of their possession shall be released in the jubilee; for the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the people of Israel.

then he shall go out from you, he and his children with him, and go back to his own family, and return to the possession of his fathers.

then after he is sold he may be redeemed; one of his brothers may redeem him,

or his uncle, or his cousin may redeem him, or a near kinsman belonging to his family may redeem him; or if he grows rich he may redeem himself.

He shall reckon with him who bought him from the year when he sold himself to him until the year of jubilee, and the price of his release shall be according to the number of years; the time he was with his owner shall be rated as the time of a hired servant.

If there are still many years, according to them he shall refund out of the price paid for him the price for his redemption.

If there remain but a few years until the year of jubilee, he shall make a reckoning with him; according to the years of service due from him he shall refund the money for his redemption.

And if he is not redeemed by these means, then he shall be released in the year of jubilee, he and his children with him.

"When a man dedicates his house to be holy to the LORD, the priest shall value it as either good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall stand.

And if he who dedicates it wishes to redeem his house, he shall add a fifth of the valuation in money to it, and it shall be his.