August 2nd : First reading
The law of the jubilee year
A reading from the book of Leviticus 25:1,8-17
The Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying: “You shall also number to yourself seven weeks of years, that is, seven times seven years, which together make forty‑nine years.
And you shall sound the trumpet in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month; on the Day of Atonement you shall sound the trumpet throughout all your land. And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee to you: you shall return each to his property, and each to his family. In this fiftieth year you shall not sow, nor reap the aftergrowth of your harvest, nor gather the grapes from the untrimmed vines. You shall eat what the field yields on its own, and that which springs from the tree, you shall eat. “In this year of jubilee you shall return every man to his property. “And if you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor, do not wrong one another. You shall buy from your neighbor at the number of years after the jubilee; and he shall sell to you at the number of years before the jubilee. According to the number of crops he shall sell to you, you shall increase the price, and according to the number of years for which he sells, you shall decrease the price; for he is selling the number of the crops.You shall not wrong each other, but you shall fear your God; for I am the Lord your God.”
The Word of the Lord.
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