Leviticus 25:51
in Leviticus 25If many years remain, he must pay for his redemption in proportion to his purchase price.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
If there be yet many years, according unto them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
KJV
If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
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This verse in Leviticus 25
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
he shall reckon with him that bought him
on Leviticus 25:50-52
The ransom is arithmetic. Years are counted from the sale to the jubile and priced at the wage of a hired servant, so what changes hands is the value of the work left in him. It is the calculation the chapter used on a field at verses 15 and 16, applied to a person, and it protects the buyer as well as the man being redeemed.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
1 And the L ORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the L ORD .
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If there be yet many years behind,....
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אִם־ | ʾim- | if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| ע֥וֹד | od | still | H5750 → | 490 times |
| רַבּ֖וֹת | rabot | many | H7227 → | |
| בַּשָּׁנִ֑ים | bashanim | in the years | H8141 → | 877 times |
| לְפִיהֶן֙ | lefihen | to mouth their | H6310 → | 498 times |
| יָשִׁ֣יב | yashiv | he will repay | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| גְּאֻלָּת֔וֹ | geulato | redemption his | H1353 → | 14 times |
| מִכֶּ֖סֶף | mikesef | some of [the] silver of | H3701 → | 403 times |
| מִקְנָתֽוֹ׃ | miknato | purchase his | H4736 → | 15 times |
אִם־if
ʾim-H518 →1069 times
ע֥וֹדstill
odH5750 →490 times
רַבּ֖וֹתmany
rabotH7227 →
בַּשָּׁנִ֑יםin the years
bashanimH8141 →877 times
לְפִיהֶן֙to mouth their
lefihenH6310 →498 times
יָשִׁ֣יבhe will repay
yashivH7725 →1056 times
גְּאֻלָּת֔וֹredemption his
geulatoH1353 →14 times
מִכֶּ֖סֶףsome of [the] silver of
mikesefH3701 →403 times
מִקְנָתֽוֹ׃purchase his
miknatoH4736 →15 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
About Leviticus
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 (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.