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Leviticus 25:24

22 While you are sowing in the eighth year, you will be eating from the previous harvest, until the ninth year’s harvest comes in.

23 The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.

Thus for every piece of property you possess, you must provide for the redemption of the land.

25 If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his nearest of kin may come and redeem what his brother has sold.

26 Or if a man has no one to redeem it for him, but he prospers and acquires enough to redeem his land,

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Thus for every piece of property you possess, you must provide for the redemption of the land.
KJV
And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.
WEB
In all the land of your possession you shall grant a redemption for the land.
ASV
And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.
DARBY
And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.
BLB
And in all the land of your⁺ possession, you⁺ shall grant redemption of the land.
ÅB
I hele det land dere får til eie, skal dere tillate innløsning av jorden.
OTB
Gjennom hele landet som dere holder som eiendom, må dere sikre innløsningen av landet.
B1930
I hele det land I får til eie, skal I tillate innløsning av jorden.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Leviticus 25:51–53

    If many years remain, he must pay for his redemption in proportion to his purchase price.

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  • Leviticus 25:27

    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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  • Ephesians 1:14

    who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.

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  • Leviticus 25:31

    But houses in villages with no walls around them are to be considered as open fields. They may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.

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  • Ephesians 4:30

    And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

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  • 1 Corinthians 1:30

    It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.

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  • Romans 8:23

    Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

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  • Ephesians 1:7

    In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace

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