Leviticus 25:15
in Leviticus 25You are to buy from your neighbor according to the number of years since the last Jubilee; he is to sell to you according to the number of harvest years remaining.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
According to the number of years after the jubilee thou shalt buy of thy neighbor, and according unto the number of years of the crops he shall sell unto thee.
KJV
According 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:
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This verse in Leviticus 25
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The number of years of the fruits - i. e. according to the number of harvests. The average value of a yearly crop might of course be estimated, and the sabbatical years were to be deducted from the series.
This site's exposition
if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour
on Leviticus 25:14-16
Nobody in Israel buys land. The price is set by the number of harvests left before the jubile, many years raising it and few years lowering it, so every sale is a lease priced by the crops still to come. The command against oppression is laid on both sides of the bargain, the man selling and the man buying, since either one can use the calendar against the other.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
In short, the buyer must not give less, nor the seller take more, than the just value of the thing, considered as necessarily returning at the year of jubilee. It must be settled what the clear yearly value of the land was, and then how many years' purchase it was worth till the year of jubilee.
), and therefore must discount for the sabbatical years. It is easy to observe that the nearer the jubilee was the less must the value of the land be.
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According to the number of years after the jubilee thou shalt buy of thy neighbour,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
According to the number of years - The purchases that were to be made of lands were to be regulated by the number of years unelapsed of the current jubilee. This was something like buying the unexpired term of a lease among us; the purchase is always regulated by the number of years between the time of purchase and the expiration of the term.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
“This refers to overcharging in money matters.”. ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF YEARS AFTER THE JUBILEE THOU SHALT BUY OF THY NEIGHBOR.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּמִסְפַּ֤ר | bemispar | by [the] number of | H4557 → | 134 times |
| שָׁנִים֙ | shanim | years | H8141 → | 877 times |
| אַחַ֣ר | ʾachar | after | H310 → | 715 times |
| הַיּוֹבֵ֔ל | haiyovel | the jubilee | H3104 → | 27 times |
| תִּקְנֶ֖ה | tikneh | you will buy | H7069 → | 84 times |
| מֵאֵ֣ת | meet | from with | H854 → | 929 times |
| עֲמִיתֶ֑ךָ | ʾamitekha | fellow citizen your | H5997 → | 12 times |
| בְּמִסְפַּ֥ר | bemispar | by [the] number of | H4557 → | 134 times |
| שְׁנֵֽי־ | shenei- | [the] years of | H8141 → | 877 times |
| תְבוּאֹ֖ת | tevuot | produce<s> | H8393 → | 42 times |
| יִמְכָּר־ | yimkor- | he will sell [it] | H4376 → | 80 times |
| לָֽךְ׃ | lakh | to <the> you |
בְּמִסְפַּ֤רby [the] number of
bemisparH4557 →134 times
שָׁנִים֙years
shanimH8141 →877 times
אַחַ֣רafter
ʾacharH310 →715 times
הַיּוֹבֵ֔לthe jubilee
haiyovelH3104 →27 times
תִּקְנֶ֖הyou will buy
tiknehH7069 →84 times
מֵאֵ֣תfrom with
meetH854 →929 times
עֲמִיתֶ֑ךָfellow citizen your
ʾamitekhaH5997 →12 times
בְּמִסְפַּ֥רby [the] number of
bemisparH4557 →134 times
שְׁנֵֽי־[the] years of
shenei-H8141 →877 times
תְבוּאֹ֖תproduce<s>
tevuotH8393 →42 times
יִמְכָּר־he will sell [it]
yimkor-H4376 →80 times
לָֽךְ׃to <the> you
lakh
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Philippians 4:5Let your gentleness be apparent to all. The Lord is near.
it leads to
- James 5:8–9
You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.
- Matthew 6:25
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more…
- Titus 3:2
to malign no one, and to be peaceable and gentle, showing full consideration to everyone.
- Hebrews 10:37
For, “In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay.
- 1 Peter 4:7
The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
- James 5:8–9
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.