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But as for the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, the Levites shall have a perpetual right of redemption.

And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold in the city of his possession, shall go out in the jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.

But the fields of the open land about their cities may not be sold; for that is their perpetual possession.

Thou shalt not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy victuals for increase.

For they are My servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as bondmen.

And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, whom thou mayest have: of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

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

If there be yet many years, according unto them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.

For unto Me the children of Israel are servants; they are My servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

Ye shall make you no idols, neither shall ye rear you up a graven image, or a pillar, neither shall ye place any figured stone in your land, to bow down unto it; for I am the LORD your God.

I also will do this unto you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall make the eyes to fail, and the soul to languish; and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

And if ye will not yet for these things hearken unto Me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.

And your strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield her produce, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.

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

And if ye will not for all this hearken unto Me, but walk contrary unto Me;

then I will walk contrary unto you in fury; and I also will chastise you seven times for your sins.

And as for them that are left of you, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as one fleeth from the sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

For the land shall lie forsaken without them, and shall be paid her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them; and they shall be paid the punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they rejected Mine ordinances, and their soul abhorred My statutes.

And yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break My covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God.

But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.