The law concerning the Sabbatical or seventh year repeated, Lev 25:1-7. The law relative to the jubilee, or fiftieth year, and the hallowing of the fiftieth, Lev 25:8-12. In the year of jubilee every one to return unt…
1Jehová habló a Moisés en el monte de Sinaí, diciendo:
2Habla a los hijos de Israel y diles: Cuando hayáis entrado en la tierra que yo os doy, la tierra guardará reposo para Jehová.
3Seis años sembrarás tu tierra, y seis años podarás tu viña y recogerás sus frutos.
4Pero el séptimo año la tierra tendrá descanso, reposo para Jehová; no sembrarás tu tierra, ni podarás tu viña.
5Lo que de suyo naciere en tu tierra segada, no lo segarás, y las uvas de tu viñedo no vendimiarás; año de reposo será para la tierra.
6Mas el descanso de la tierra te dará para comer a ti, a tu siervo, a tu sierva, a tu criado, y a tu extranjero que morare contigo;
7y a tu animal, y a la bestia que hubiere en tu tierra, será todo el fruto de ella para comer.
8Y contarás siete semanas de años, siete veces siete años, de modo que los días de las siete semanas de años vendrán a serte cuarenta y nueve años.
9Entonces harás tocar fuertemente la trompeta en el mes séptimo a los diez días del mes; el día de la expiación haréis tocar la trompeta por toda vuestra tierra.
10Y santificaréis el año cincuenta, y pregonaréis libertad en la tierra a todos sus moradores; ese año os será de jubileo, y volveréis cada uno a vuestra posesión, y cada cual volverá a su familia.
11El año cincuenta os será jubileo; no sembraréis, ni segaréis lo que naciere de suyo en la tierra, ni vendimiaréis sus viñedos,
12porque es jubileo; santo será a vosotros; el producto de la tierra comeréis.
13En este año de jubileo volveréis cada uno a vuestra posesión.
14Y cuando vendiereis algo a vuestro prójimo, o comprareis de mano de vuestro prójimo, no engañe ninguno a su hermano.
15Conforme al número de los años después del jubileo comprarás de tu prójimo; conforme al número de los años de los frutos te venderá él a ti.
16Cuanto mayor fuere el número de los años, aumentarás el precio, y cuanto menor fuere el número, disminuirás el precio; porque según el número de las cosechas te venderá él.
17Y no engañe ninguno a su prójimo, sino temed a vuestro Dios; porque yo soy Jehová vuestro Dios.
18Ejecutad, pues, mis estatutos y guardad mis ordenanzas, y ponedlos por obra, y habitaréis en la tierra seguros;
19y la tierra dará su fruto, y comeréis hasta saciaros, y habitaréis en ella con seguridad.
20Y si dijereis: ¿Qué comeremos el séptimo año? He aquí no hemos de sembrar, ni hemos de recoger nuestros frutos;
21entonces yo os enviaré mi bendición el sexto año, y ella hará que haya fruto por tres años.
22Y sembraréis el año octavo, y comeréis del fruto añejo; hasta el año noveno, hasta que venga su fruto, comeréis del añejo.
23La tierra no se venderá a perpetuidad, porque la tierra mía es; pues vosotros forasteros y extranjeros sois para conmigo.
24Por tanto, en toda la tierra de vuestra posesión otorgaréis rescate a la tierra.
25Cuando tu hermano empobreciere, y vendiere algo de su posesión, entonces su pariente más próximo vendrá y rescatará lo que su hermano hubiere vendido.
26Y cuando el hombre no tuviere rescatador, y consiguiere lo suficiente para el rescate,
27entonces contará los años desde que vendió, y pagará lo que quedare al varón a quien vendió, y volverá a su posesión.
28Mas si no consiguiere lo suficiente para que se la devuelvan, lo que vendió estará en poder del que lo compró hasta el año del jubileo; y al jubileo saldrá, y él volverá a su posesión.
29El varón que vendiere casa de habitación en ciudad amurallada, tendrá facultad de redimirla hasta el término de un año desde la venta; un año será el término de poderse redimir.
30Y si no fuere rescatada dentro de un año entero, la casa que estuviere en la ciudad amurallada quedará para siempre en poder de aquel que la compró, y para sus descendientes; no saldrá en el jubileo.
31Mas las casas de las aldeas que no tienen muro alrededor serán estimadas como los terrenos del campo; podrán ser rescatadas, y saldrán en el jubileo.
32Pero en cuanto a las ciudades de los levitas, estos podrán rescatar en cualquier tiempo las casas en las ciudades de su posesión.
33Y el que comprare de los levitas saldrá de la casa vendida, o de la ciudad de su posesión, en el jubileo, por cuanto las casas de las ciudades de los levitas son la posesión de ellos entre los hijos de Israel.
34Mas la tierra del ejido de sus ciudades no se venderá, porque es perpetua posesión de ellos.
35Y cuando tu hermano empobreciere y se acogiere a ti, tú lo ampararás; como forastero y extranjero vivirá contigo.
36No tomarás de él usura ni ganancia, sino tendrás temor de tu Dios, y tu hermano vivirá contigo.
37No le darás tu dinero a usura, ni tus víveres a ganancia.
38Yo Jehová vuestro Dios, que os saqué de la tierra de Egipto, para daros la tierra de Canaán, para ser vuestro Dios.
39Y cuando tu hermano empobreciere, estando contigo, y se vendiere a ti, no le harás servir como esclavo.
40Como criado, como extranjero estará contigo; hasta el año del jubileo te servirá.
41Entonces saldrá libre de tu casa; él y sus hijos consigo, y volverá a su familia, y a la posesión de sus padres se restituirá.
42Porque son mis siervos, los cuales saqué yo de la tierra de Egipto; no serán vendidos a manera de esclavos.
43No te enseñorearás de él con dureza, sino tendrás temor de tu Dios.
44Así tu esclavo como tu esclava que tuvieres, serán de las gentes que están en vuestro alrededor; de ellos podréis comprar esclavos y esclavas.
45También podréis comprar de los hijos de los forasteros que viven entre vosotros, y de las familias de ellos nacidos en vuestra tierra, que están con vosotros, los cuales podréis tener por posesión.
46Y los podréis dejar en herencia para vuestros hijos después de vosotros, como posesión hereditaria; para siempre os serviréis de ellos; pero en vuestros hermanos los hijos de Israel no os enseñorearéis cada uno sobre su hermano con dureza.
47Si el forastero o el extranjero que está contigo se enriqueciere, y tu hermano que está junto a él empobreciere, y se vendiere al forastero o extranjero que está contigo, o a alguno de la familia del extranjero;
48después que se hubiere vendido, podrá ser rescatado; uno de sus hermanos lo rescatará.
49O su tío o el hijo de su tío lo rescatará, o un pariente cercano de su familia lo rescatará; o si sus medios alcanzaren, él mismo se rescatará.
50Hará la cuenta con el que lo compró, desde el año que se vendió a él hasta el año del jubileo; y ha de apreciarse el precio de su venta conforme al número de los años, y se contará el tiempo que estuvo con él conforme al tiempo de un criado asalariado.
51Si aún fueren muchos años, conforme a ellos devolverá para su rescate, del dinero por el cual se vendió.
52Y si quedare poco tiempo hasta el año del jubileo, entonces hará un cálculo con él, y devolverá su rescate conforme a sus años.
53Como con el tomado a salario anualmente hará con él; no se enseñoreará en él con rigor delante de tus ojos.
54Y si no se rescatare en esos años, en el año del jubileo saldrá, él y sus hijos con él.
55Porque mis siervos son los hijos de Israel; son siervos míos, a los cuales saqué de la tierra de Egipto. Yo Jehová vuestro Dios.
ADAM CLARKE BIBLE COMMENTARY
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Versículo 2
I. The land keep a Sabbath - See this ordinance explained, Exo 23:11 (note). It may be asked here: i…
The land keep a Sabbath - See this ordinance explained, Exo 23:11 (note). It may be asked here: if it required all the annual produce of the field to support the inhabitants, how could the people be nourished the seventh year, when no produce was received from the fields? To this it may be answered, that God sent his blessing in an especial manner on the sixth year, (see Lev 25:21, Lev 25:22), and it brought forth fruit for three years. How astonishing and convincing was this miracle! Could there possibly be any deception here? No! The miracle speaks for itself, proves the Divine authenticity of the law, and takes every prop and stay from the system that wishes to convict the Mosaic ordinances of imposture. See Exo 23:11. It is evident from this that the Mosaic law must have had a Divine origin, as no man in his senses, without God's authority, could have made such an ordinance as this; for the sixth year, from its promulgation, would have amply refuted his pretensions to a Divine mission.
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Versículo 8
II. Thou shalt number seven Sabbaths of years - This seems to state that the jubilee was to be celebr…
Thou shalt number seven Sabbaths of years - This seems to state that the jubilee was to be celebrated on the forty-ninth year; but in Lev 25:10 and Lev 25:11 it is said, Ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and, A jubilee shall this fiftieth year be. Probably in this verse Moses either includes the preceding jubilee, and thus with the forty-ninth makes up the number fifty; or he speaks of proclaiming the jubilee on the forty-ninth, and celebrating it on the fiftieth year current. Some think it was celebrated on the forty-ninth year, as is stated in Lev 25:8; and this prevented the Sabbatical year, or seventh year of rest, from being confounded with the jubilee, which it must otherwise have been, had the celebration of this great solemnity taken place on the fiftieth year; but it is most likely that the fiftieth was the real jubilee.
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Versículo 11
III. A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be - The literal meaning of the word jubilee, יובל yobel in He…
A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be - The literal meaning of the word jubilee, יובל yobel in Hebrew, and יוביל yobil in the Samaritan, has not been well ascertained. Josephus and the rabbins have caused many to err; the former says the word signifies liberty; Ελευθεριαν δε σημαινει τουνομα, Antiq., l. 3, cap. 12, edit. Haverc., vol. 1, p. 184; but the word liberty signifies rather the intention of the institution, than the meaning of the Hebrew term. The rabbins say it signifies a ram's horn, because the trumpets which were used in proclaiming this solemnity were made out of ram's horns. This meaning is adopted in a few places in our translation, but none of the ancient versions acknowledge this sense of the term, the Chaldee excepted. Some derive it from יבל yabal, to bring, carry away, because the Israelites at this time carried away the right of repossessing their inheritances which had been forfeited or alienated. The most natural derivation is from הוביל hobil, to cause to bring back, or recall, because estates, etc., which had been alienated, were then brought back to their primitive owners. This was a wise and excellent institution, but appears to have been little regarded by the Jews after the Babylonish captivity. Indeed, it is not mentioned under the second temple, and the observance must have ceased among the Jews when they were brought under a foreign yoke. The jubilee seems to have been typical,
1. Of the great time of release, the Gospel dispensation, when all who believe in Christ Jesus are redeemed from the bondage of sin - repossess the favor and image of God, the only inheritance of the human soul, having all debts cancelled, and the right of inheritance restored. To this the prophet Isaiah seems to allude, Isa 26:13, and particularly Isa 61:1-3.
2. Of the general resurrection. "It is," says Mr. Parkhurst, "a lively prefiguration of the grand consummation of time, which will be introduced in like manner by the trump of God, Co1 15:52, when the children and heirs of God shall be delivered from all their forfeitures, and restored to the eternal inheritance allotted to them by their Father; and thenceforth rest from their labors, and be supported in life and happiness by what the field of God shall supply."
It is worthy of remark that the jubilee was not proclaimed till the tenth day of the seventh month, on the very day when the great annual atonement was made for the sins of the people; and does not this prove that the great liberty or redemption from thraldom, published under the Gospel, could not take place till the great Atonement, the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus, had been offered up? See Lev 25:9.
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Versículo 14
IV. Ye shall not oppress one another - Ye shall take no advantage of each other's ignorance either in…
Ye shall not oppress one another - Ye shall take no advantage of each other's ignorance either in buying or selling; for he that buys an article at less than it is worth, or sells one for more than it is worth, taking advantage in both cases of the ignorance of the vender or buyer, is no better than a thief, as he actually robs his neighbor of as much property as he has bought the article at below or sold it above its current value.
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Versículo 15
V. According to the number of years - The purchases that were to be made of lands were to be regulat…
According to the number of years - The purchases that were to be made of lands were to be regulated by the number of years unelapsed of the current jubilee. This was something like buying the unexpired term of a lease among us; the purchase is always regulated by the number of years between the time of purchase and the expiration of the term.
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Versículo 20
VI. What shall we eat the seventh year? - A very natural question, which could only be laid at rest b…
What shall we eat the seventh year? - A very natural question, which could only be laid at rest by the sovereign promise in the next verse:
I will Command my Blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for Three Years. See on Lev 25:2 (note).
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Versículo 23
VII. The land shall not be sold for ever - the land is mine - As God in a miraculous manner gave them …
The land shall not be sold for ever - the land is mine - As God in a miraculous manner gave them possession of this land, they were therefore to consider themselves merely as tenants to him; and on this ground he, as the great landholder or lord of the soil, prescribes to them all the conditions on which they shall hold it. This one circumstance was peculiarly favorable to their advancement in religion, in righteousness, and true holiness; for feeling that they had nothing which they could call their own upon earth, they must frequently, by this, be put in mind of the necessity of having a permanent dwelling in the heavenly inheritance, and of that preparation without which it could not be possessed.
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Versículo 25
VIII. Any of his kin come to redeem it - The land that was sold might be redeemed, in the interim betwe…
Any of his kin come to redeem it - The land that was sold might be redeemed, in the interim between jubilee and jubilee, by the former owner or by one of his kinsmen or relatives. This kinsman is called in the text גאל goel or redeemer; and was not this a lively emblem of the redemption of man by Christ Jesus? That he might have a right to redeem man, he took upon him human nature, and thus became a kinsman of the great family of the human race, and thereby possessed the right of redeeming that fallen nature of which he took part, and of buying back to man that inheritance which had been forfeited by transgression.
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Versículo 29
IX. Sell a dwelling house in a walled city - A very proper difference is put between houses in a city…
Sell a dwelling house in a walled city - A very proper difference is put between houses in a city and houses in the country. If a man sold his house in the city, he might redeem it any time in the course of a year; but if it were not redeemed within that time, it could no more be redeemed, nor did it go out even in the jubilee. It was not so with a house in the country; such a house might be redeemed during any part of the interim; and if not redeemed, must go out at the jubilee. The reason in both cases is sufficiently evident; the house in the city might be built for purposes of trade or traffic merely, the house in the country was built on or attached to the inheritance which God had divided to the respective families, and it was therefore absolutely necessary that the same law should apply to the house as to the inheritance. But the same necessity did not hold good with respect to the house in the city: and as we may presume the house in the city was merely for the purpose of trade, when a man bought such a house, and got his business established there, it would have been very inconvenient for him to have removed; but as it was possible that the former owner might have sold the house rashly, or through the pressure of some very urgent necessity, a year was allowed him, that during that time he might have leisure to reconsider his rash act, or so to get through his pressing necessity as to be able to get back his dwelling. This time was sufficiently long in either of the above cases; and as such occurrences might have been the cause of his selling his house, it was necessary that he might have the opportunity of redeeming his pledge. Again, as the purchaser, having bought the house merely for the purpose of trade, manufacture, etc., must have been at great pains and expense to fit the place for his work, and establish his business, in which himself, his children, and his children's children, were to labor and get their bread; hence it was necessary that he should have some certainty of permanent possession, without which, we may naturally conjecture, no such purchases ever would be made. This seems to be the simple reason of the law in both cases.
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Versículo 32
X. The cities of the Levites - The law in this and the following verses was also a very wise one. A …
The cities of the Levites - The law in this and the following verses was also a very wise one. A Levite could not ultimately sell his house: if sold he could redeem it at any time in the interim between the two jubilees; but if not redeemed, it must go out at the following jubilee. And why? "Because Moses framed his laws so much in favor of the priesthood, that they had peculiar privileges?" etc. Just the reverse: they were so far from being peculiarly favored that they had no inheritance in Israel, only their cities, to dwell in: and because their houses in these cities were the whole that they could call their own, therefore these houses could not be ultimately alienated. All that they had to live on besides was from that most precarious source of support, the freewill-offerings of the people, which depended on the prevalence of pure religion in the land.
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Versículo 36
XI. Take thou no usury of him - Usury, at present, signifies unlawful interest for money. Properly, i…
Take thou no usury of him - Usury, at present, signifies unlawful interest for money. Properly, it means the reward or compensation given for the use of a thing, but is principally spoken of money. For the definition of the original term, See the note on Exo 22:25.
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Versículo 42
XII. For they are my servants - As God redeemed every Israelite out of Egyptian bondage, they were the…
For they are my servants - As God redeemed every Israelite out of Egyptian bondage, they were therefore to consider themselves as his property, and that consequently they should not alienate themselves from him. It was in being his servants, and devoted to his work, that both their religious and political service consisted. And although their political liberty might be lost, they knew that their spiritual liberty never could be forfeited except by an utter alienation from God. God therefore claims the same right to their persons which he does to their lands; See the note on Lev 25:23.
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Versículo 43
XIII. Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor - What is rigorous service? "Service which is not determi…
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor - What is rigorous service? "Service which is not determined, and service whereof there is no need." This is the definition given by the Jews; but much more is implied in this command than is expressed here. Labour beyond the person's strength, or labor too long continued, or in unhealthy or uncomfortable places and circumstances, or without sufficient food, etc., is labor exacted with rigour, and consequently inhuman; and this law is made, not for the Mosaic dispensation and the Jewish people, but for every dispensation and for every people under heaven.
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Versículo 50
XIV. The price of his sale shall be, etc. - This was a very equitable law, both for the sojourner to w…
The price of his sale shall be, etc. - This was a very equitable law, both for the sojourner to whom the man was sold, and to the Israelite who had been thus sold. The Israelite might redeem himself, or one of his kindred might redeem him; but this must not be done to the prejudice of his master, the sojourner. They were therefore to reckon the years he must have served from that time till the jubilee; and then, taking the current wages of a servant per year at that time, multiply the remaining years by that sum, and the aggregate was the sum to be given to his master for his redemption. The Jews hold that the kindred of such a person were bound, if in their power, to redeem him, lest he should be swallowed up among the heathen; and we find, from Neh 5:8, that this was done by the Jews on their return from the Babylonish captivity: We, after our ability, have redeemed our brethren the Jews, who were sold unto the heathen.
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Versículo 55
XV. For unto me the children of Israel are servants - The reason of this law we have already seen, (S…
For unto me the children of Israel are servants - The reason of this law we have already seen, (See on Lev 25:42 (note)), but we must look farther to see the great end of it. The Israelites were a typical people; they represented those under the Gospel dispensation who are children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. But these last have a peculiarity of blessing: they are not merely servants, but they are Sons; though they also serve God, yet it is in the newness of the spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. And to this difference of state the apostle seems evidently to allude, Gal 4:6, etc.: And because ye are Sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a Servant, but a Son; and if a Son, then an Heir of God through Christ; genuine believers in Christ not being heirs of an earthly inheritance, nor merely of a heavenly one, for they are heirs of God. God himself therefore is their portion, without whom even heaven itself would not be a state of consummate blessedness to an immortal spirit. The jubilee was a wonderful institution, and was of very great service to the religion, freedom, and independence of the Jewish people. "The motive of this law," says Calmet, "was to prevent the rich from oppressing the poor, and reducing them to perpetual slavery; and that they should not get possession of all the lands by way of purchase, mortgage, or, lastly, usurpation. That debts should not be multiplied too much, lest thereby the poor should be entirely ruined; and that slaves should not continue always, they, their wives and children, in servitude. Besides, Moses intended to preserve, as much as possible, personal liberty, an equality of property, and the regular order of families, among the Hebrews. Lastly, he designed that the people should be strongly attached to their country, lands, and inheritances; that they should have an affection for them, and consider them as estates which descended to them from their ancestors which they were to leave to their posterity, without any fear of their going ultimately out of their families." But this institution especially pointed out the redemption of man by Christ Jesus:
1. Through him, he who was in debt to God's justice had his debt discharged, and his sin forgiven.
2. He who sold himself for naught, who was a bondslave of sin and Satan, regains his liberty and becomes a son of God through faith in his blood.
3. He who by transgression had forfeited all right and title to the kingdom of God, becomes an heir of God, and a joint heir with Christ. Heaven, his forfeited inheritance, is restored, for the kingdom of heaven is open to all believers; and thus, redeemed from his debt, restored to his liberty, united to the heavenly family, and re-entitled to his inheritance, he goes on his way rejoicing, till he enters the paradise of his Maker, and is for ever with the Lord.
Reader, hast thou applied for this redemption? Does not the trumpet of the jubilee, the glad tidings of salvation by Christ Jesus, sound in the land? Surely it does. Why then continue a bond-slave of sin, a child of wrath, and an heir of hell, when such a salvation is offered unto thee without money and without price? O suffer not this provision to be made ultimately in vain for thee! For what art thou advantaged if thou gain the whole world and lose thy soul?
Antiguo Testamento
Leviticus — Capítulo 25
The law concerning the Sabbatical or seventh year repeated, Lev 25:1-7. The law relative to the jubilee, or fiftieth year, and the hallowing of the fiftieth, Lev 25:8-12. In the year of jubilee every one to return unt…
Texto — Reina-Valera 1960
1Jehová habló a Moisés en el monte de Sinaí, diciendo:
2Habla a los hijos de Israel y diles: Cuando hayáis entrado en la tierra que yo os doy, la tierra guardará reposo para Jehová.
3Seis años sembrarás tu tierra, y seis años podarás tu viña y recogerás sus frutos.
4Pero el séptimo año la tierra tendrá descanso, reposo para Jehová; no sembrarás tu tierra, ni podarás tu viña.
5Lo que de suyo naciere en tu tierra segada, no lo segarás, y las uvas de tu viñedo no vendimiarás; año de reposo será para la tierra.
6Mas el descanso de la tierra te dará para comer a ti, a tu siervo, a tu sierva, a tu criado, y a tu extranjero que morare contigo;
7y a tu animal, y a la bestia que hubiere en tu tierra, será todo el fruto de ella para comer.
8Y contarás siete semanas de años, siete veces siete años, de modo que los días de las siete semanas de años vendrán a serte cuarenta y nueve años.
9Entonces harás tocar fuertemente la trompeta en el mes séptimo a los diez días del mes; el día de la expiación haréis tocar la trompeta por toda vuestra tierra.
10Y santificaréis el año cincuenta, y pregonaréis libertad en la tierra a todos sus moradores; ese año os será de jubileo, y volveréis cada uno a vuestra posesión, y cada cual volverá a su familia.
11El año cincuenta os será jubileo; no sembraréis, ni segaréis lo que naciere de suyo en la tierra, ni vendimiaréis sus viñedos,
12porque es jubileo; santo será a vosotros; el producto de la tierra comeréis.
13En este año de jubileo volveréis cada uno a vuestra posesión.
14Y cuando vendiereis algo a vuestro prójimo, o comprareis de mano de vuestro prójimo, no engañe ninguno a su hermano.
15Conforme al número de los años después del jubileo comprarás de tu prójimo; conforme al número de los años de los frutos te venderá él a ti.
16Cuanto mayor fuere el número de los años, aumentarás el precio, y cuanto menor fuere el número, disminuirás el precio; porque según el número de las cosechas te venderá él.
17Y no engañe ninguno a su prójimo, sino temed a vuestro Dios; porque yo soy Jehová vuestro Dios.
18Ejecutad, pues, mis estatutos y guardad mis ordenanzas, y ponedlos por obra, y habitaréis en la tierra seguros;
19y la tierra dará su fruto, y comeréis hasta saciaros, y habitaréis en ella con seguridad.
20Y si dijereis: ¿Qué comeremos el séptimo año? He aquí no hemos de sembrar, ni hemos de recoger nuestros frutos;
21entonces yo os enviaré mi bendición el sexto año, y ella hará que haya fruto por tres años.
22Y sembraréis el año octavo, y comeréis del fruto añejo; hasta el año noveno, hasta que venga su fruto, comeréis del añejo.
23La tierra no se venderá a perpetuidad, porque la tierra mía es; pues vosotros forasteros y extranjeros sois para conmigo.
24Por tanto, en toda la tierra de vuestra posesión otorgaréis rescate a la tierra.
25Cuando tu hermano empobreciere, y vendiere algo de su posesión, entonces su pariente más próximo vendrá y rescatará lo que su hermano hubiere vendido.
26Y cuando el hombre no tuviere rescatador, y consiguiere lo suficiente para el rescate,
27entonces contará los años desde que vendió, y pagará lo que quedare al varón a quien vendió, y volverá a su posesión.
28Mas si no consiguiere lo suficiente para que se la devuelvan, lo que vendió estará en poder del que lo compró hasta el año del jubileo; y al jubileo saldrá, y él volverá a su posesión.
29El varón que vendiere casa de habitación en ciudad amurallada, tendrá facultad de redimirla hasta el término de un año desde la venta; un año será el término de poderse redimir.
30Y si no fuere rescatada dentro de un año entero, la casa que estuviere en la ciudad amurallada quedará para siempre en poder de aquel que la compró, y para sus descendientes; no saldrá en el jubileo.
31Mas las casas de las aldeas que no tienen muro alrededor serán estimadas como los terrenos del campo; podrán ser rescatadas, y saldrán en el jubileo.
32Pero en cuanto a las ciudades de los levitas, estos podrán rescatar en cualquier tiempo las casas en las ciudades de su posesión.
33Y el que comprare de los levitas saldrá de la casa vendida, o de la ciudad de su posesión, en el jubileo, por cuanto las casas de las ciudades de los levitas son la posesión de ellos entre los hijos de Israel.
34Mas la tierra del ejido de sus ciudades no se venderá, porque es perpetua posesión de ellos.
35Y cuando tu hermano empobreciere y se acogiere a ti, tú lo ampararás; como forastero y extranjero vivirá contigo.
36No tomarás de él usura ni ganancia, sino tendrás temor de tu Dios, y tu hermano vivirá contigo.
37No le darás tu dinero a usura, ni tus víveres a ganancia.
38Yo Jehová vuestro Dios, que os saqué de la tierra de Egipto, para daros la tierra de Canaán, para ser vuestro Dios.
39Y cuando tu hermano empobreciere, estando contigo, y se vendiere a ti, no le harás servir como esclavo.
40Como criado, como extranjero estará contigo; hasta el año del jubileo te servirá.
41Entonces saldrá libre de tu casa; él y sus hijos consigo, y volverá a su familia, y a la posesión de sus padres se restituirá.
42Porque son mis siervos, los cuales saqué yo de la tierra de Egipto; no serán vendidos a manera de esclavos.
43No te enseñorearás de él con dureza, sino tendrás temor de tu Dios.
44Así tu esclavo como tu esclava que tuvieres, serán de las gentes que están en vuestro alrededor; de ellos podréis comprar esclavos y esclavas.
45También podréis comprar de los hijos de los forasteros que viven entre vosotros, y de las familias de ellos nacidos en vuestra tierra, que están con vosotros, los cuales podréis tener por posesión.
46Y los podréis dejar en herencia para vuestros hijos después de vosotros, como posesión hereditaria; para siempre os serviréis de ellos; pero en vuestros hermanos los hijos de Israel no os enseñorearéis cada uno sobre su hermano con dureza.
47Si el forastero o el extranjero que está contigo se enriqueciere, y tu hermano que está junto a él empobreciere, y se vendiere al forastero o extranjero que está contigo, o a alguno de la familia del extranjero;
48después que se hubiere vendido, podrá ser rescatado; uno de sus hermanos lo rescatará.
49O su tío o el hijo de su tío lo rescatará, o un pariente cercano de su familia lo rescatará; o si sus medios alcanzaren, él mismo se rescatará.
50Hará la cuenta con el que lo compró, desde el año que se vendió a él hasta el año del jubileo; y ha de apreciarse el precio de su venta conforme al número de los años, y se contará el tiempo que estuvo con él conforme al tiempo de un criado asalariado.
51Si aún fueren muchos años, conforme a ellos devolverá para su rescate, del dinero por el cual se vendió.
52Y si quedare poco tiempo hasta el año del jubileo, entonces hará un cálculo con él, y devolverá su rescate conforme a sus años.
53Como con el tomado a salario anualmente hará con él; no se enseñoreará en él con rigor delante de tus ojos.
54Y si no se rescatare en esos años, en el año del jubileo saldrá, él y sus hijos con él.
55Porque mis siervos son los hijos de Israel; son siervos míos, a los cuales saqué de la tierra de Egipto. Yo Jehová vuestro Dios.
ADAM CLARKE BIBLE COMMENTARY
Versículo 2
I. The land keep a Sabbath - See this ordinance explained, Exo 23:11 (note). It may be asked here: i…
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II. Thou shalt number seven Sabbaths of years - This seems to state that the jubilee was to be celebr…
Versículo 11
III. A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be - The literal meaning of the word jubilee, יובל yobel in He…
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IV. Ye shall not oppress one another - Ye shall take no advantage of each other's ignorance either in…
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V. According to the number of years - The purchases that were to be made of lands were to be regulat…
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VI. What shall we eat the seventh year? - A very natural question, which could only be laid at rest b…
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VII. The land shall not be sold for ever - the land is mine - As God in a miraculous manner gave them …
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VIII. Any of his kin come to redeem it - The land that was sold might be redeemed, in the interim betwe…
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IX. Sell a dwelling house in a walled city - A very proper difference is put between houses in a city…
Versículo 32
X. The cities of the Levites - The law in this and the following verses was also a very wise one. A …
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XI. Take thou no usury of him - Usury, at present, signifies unlawful interest for money. Properly, i…
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XII. For they are my servants - As God redeemed every Israelite out of Egyptian bondage, they were the…
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XIII. Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor - What is rigorous service? "Service which is not determi…
Versículo 50
XIV. The price of his sale shall be, etc. - This was a very equitable law, both for the sojourner to w…
Versículo 55
XV. For unto me the children of Israel are servants - The reason of this law we have already seen, (S…