Leviticus 25:16

according to the multitude of the years, shalt thou increase the price thereof, and, according to the fewness of the years, shalt thou diminish the price thereof,—because the sum of the increase, it is that he selleth thee.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.

In Context

15By the number of years after the jubilee, shalt thou buy of thy neighbour,—by the number of the years of increase, shall he sell unto thee;

17So then ye shall not overreach one another; but thou shalt stand in awe of thy God,—for, I—Yahweh, am your God.

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:51If there is yet a multitude of years, according to them, shall he return, as his redemption price, of the silver of him that bought him.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 25:9-23

Institution of the Jubilee; the Year of the Jubilee. ( b. c. 1490.) 8 And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. 9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. 10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the… Read the whole commentary →

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