Leviticus 25:26
24 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.
Or if a man has no one to redeem it for him, but he prospers and acquires enough to redeem his land,
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.
28 But if he cannot obtain enough to repay him, what he sold will remain in possession of the buyer until the Year of Jubilee. In the Jubilee, however, it is to be released, so that he may return to his property.
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
- Or if a man has no one to redeem it for him, but he prospers and acquires enough to redeem his land,
- KJV
- And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;
- WEB
- If a man has no one to redeem it, and he becomes prosperous and finds sufficient means to redeem it,
- ASV
- And if a man have no one to redeem it, and he be waxed rich and find sufficient to redeem it;
- DARBY
- And if the man have no one having right of redemption, and his hand have acquired and found what sufficeth for its redemption,
- BLB
- And if the man, there is unto him no one to redeem [it], and he has found his own hand has attained sufficiency [for] its redemption,
- ÅB
- Og om en ikke har noen løser, men selv får råd til det og kommer til å eie det som skal til for å innløse det,
- OTB
- Hvis det ikke er noen til å innløse det for dem, men de senere blir velstående og skaffer seg nok midler til å innløse det selv,
- B1930
- Og om en ikke har nogen løser, men selv får råd til det og kommer til å eie det som skal til for å innløse det,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 5:7
If, however, he cannot afford a lamb, he may bring to the LORD as restitution for his sin two turtledoves or two young pigeons—one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.
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