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Leviticus 25:16 KJV
Leviticus · chapter 25 · verse 16
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.Leviticus 25:16 · King James Version
Leviticus 25:16 in context
14And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
15According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee:
16According 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.
17Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God:for I am the LORD your God.
18Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Accordingpehthe mouth , whether literal or figurativeH6310 →
- multituderôbabundanceH7230 →
- increaserâbâhto increaseH7235 →
- fewnessmâʻaṭproperly, to pare offH4591 →
- numbermiçpâra number, definite or indefinite (large, innumerableH4557 →
- fruitstᵉbûwʼâhincomeH8393 →
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Here is, I. The general institution of the jubilee, Lev 25:8. etc. 1. When it was to be observed: after seven sabbaths of years (Lev 25:8), whether the forty-ninth or fiftieth is a great question among learned men: that it should be the seventh sabbatical year, that is, the forty-ninth (which by a very common form of…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-22