Leviticus 25:16
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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.You shall increase the price in proportion to a greater number of years, or decrease it in proportion to a lesser number of years; for he is selling you a given number of harvests.
In other translations
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.You shall increase the price in proportion to a greater number of years, or decrease it in proportion to a lesser number of years; for he is selling you a given number of harvests.
Hebrew words
לְפִי׀lefito [the] mouth ofH6310רֹבro[the] abundance ofH7230הַשָּׁנִיםhashanimthe yearsH8141תַּרְבֶּהtarbehyou will increaseH7235מִקְנָתוֹmiknatopurchase price itsH4736וּלְפִיulefiand to [the] mouth ofH6310מְעֹטme'ot[the] being small ofH4591הַשָּׁנִיםhashanimthe yearsH8141תַּמְעִיטtam'ityou will make smallH4591מִקְנָתוֹmiknatopurchase price itsH4736כִּיkiforH3588מִסְפַּרmispar[the] number ofH4557תְּבוּאֹתtevu'otproduce<s>H8393הוּאhu'heH1931מֹכֵרmokher[is] sellingH4376לָךְ׃lakhto <the> you
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Related verses
- Leviticus 25:51If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.If many years remain, he must pay for his redemption in proportion to his purchase price.
- Leviticus 25:27Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.he shall calculate the years since its sale, repay the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and return to his property.
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