Leviticus 25:27
in Leviticus 25he 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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ASV
then let him reckon the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return unto his possession.
KJV
Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.
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This verse in Leviticus 25
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The land shall not be sold for ever--or, "be quite cut off," as the Margin better renders it. The land was God's, and, in prosecution of an important design, He gave it to the people of His choice, dividing it among their tribes and families--who, however, held it of Him merely as tenants-at-will and had no right or power of disposing of it to strangers.
This site's exposition
let him count the years of the sale thereof
on Leviticus 25:27-28
Where no relative acts, the seller may buy his own field back by counting the years and paying the overplus, which is the pricing of verse 15 run backwards. Where he can do neither, the jubile does it for him and he pays nothing. The land comes home because of the year rather than because of the money.
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The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְחִשַּׁב֙ | vechishav | and he will calculate | H2803 → | 124 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׁנֵ֣י | shenei | [the] years of | H8141 → | 877 times |
| מִמְכָּר֔וֹ | mikaro | sale its | H4465 → | 10 times |
| וְהֵשִׁיב֙ | veheshiv | and he will repay | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָ֣עֹדֵ֔ף | haodef | the surplus | H5736 → | |
| לָאִ֖ישׁ | laish | to the person | H376 → | 1663 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | whom | H834 → | 5497 times |
| מָֽכַר־ | makhar- | he sold [it] | H4376 → | 80 times |
| ל֑וֹ | lo | to <the> him | ||
| וְשָׁ֖ב | veshav | and he will return | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| לַאֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ׃ | laachuzato | to possession his | H272 → | 66 times |
וְחִשַּׁב֙and he will calculate
vechishavH2803 →124 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שְׁנֵ֣י[the] years of
sheneiH8141 →877 times
מִמְכָּר֔וֹsale its
mikaroH4465 →10 times
וְהֵשִׁיב֙and he will repay
veheshivH7725 →1056 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָ֣עֹדֵ֔ףthe surplus
haodefH5736 →
לָאִ֖ישׁto the person
laishH376 →1663 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhom
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
מָֽכַר־he sold [it]
makhar-H4376 →80 times
ל֑וֹto <the> him
lo
וְשָׁ֖בand he will return
veshavH7725 →1056 times
לַאֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ׃to possession his
laachuzatoH272 →66 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).