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On six days work may be done; but the seventh day is a special day of rest, a time for worship; you may do no sort of work: it is a Sabbath to the Lord wherever you may be living.

But on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have got in all the fruits of the land, you will keep the feast of the Lord for seven days: the first day will be a Sabbath, and the eighth day the same.

But let the seventh year be a Sabbath of rest for the land, a Sabbath to the Lord; do not put seed into your land or have your vines cut.

And do no wrong, one to another, but let the fear of your God be before you; for I am the Lord your God.

But if he is not able to get it back for himself, then it will be kept by him who gave a price for it, till the year of Jubilee; and in that year it will go back to its first owner and he will have his property again.

But houses in small unwalled towns will be the same as property in the country; they may be got back, and they will go back to their owners in the year of Jubilee.

But the houses in the towns of the Levites may be got back by the Levites at any time.

But the land on the outskirts of their towns may not be exchanged for money, for it is their property for ever.

Take no interest from him, in money or in goods, but have the fear of your God before you, and let your brother make a living among you.

But let him be with you as a servant working for payment, till the year of Jubilee;

Do not be a hard master to him, but have the fear of God before you.

But you may get servants as property from among the nations round about; from them you may take men-servants and women-servants.

And they will be your children's heritage after you, to keep as their property; they will be your servants for ever; but you may not be hard masters to your countrymen, the children of Israel.

But if you do not give ear to me, and do not keep all these my laws;

And if you go against my rules and if you have hate in your souls for my decisions and you do not do all my orders, but go against my agreement;

And if by these things you will not be turned to me, but still go against me;

When I take away your bread of life, ten women will be cooking bread in one oven, and your bread will be measured out by weight; you will have food but never enough.

And if, after all this, you do not give ear to me, but go against me still,

But for all that, when they are in the land of their haters I will not let them go, or be turned away from them, or give them up completely; my agreement with them will not be broken, for I am the Lord their God.

But if he is poorer than the value which you have put on him, then let him be taken to the priest, and the priest will put a value on him, such as it is possible for him to give.