Leviticus 25:52
in Leviticus 25If only a few years remain until the Year of Jubilee, he is to calculate and pay his redemption according to his remaining years.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according unto his years shall he give back the price of his redemption.
KJV
And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption.
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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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And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubilee,....
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאִם־ | veim- | and if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| מְעַ֞ט | meat | few | H4592 → | |
| נִשְׁאַ֧ר | nishar | it remains | H7604 → | 133 times |
| בַּשָּׁנִ֛ים | bashanim | in the years | H8141 → | 877 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| שְׁנַ֥ת | shenat | [the] year of | H8141 → | 877 times |
| הַיֹּבֵ֖ל | haiyovel | the jubilee | H3104 → | 27 times |
| וְחִשַּׁב־ | vechishav- | and he will calculate | H2803 → | 124 times |
| ל֑וֹ | lo | for <the> himself | ||
| כְּפִ֣י | kefi | according to [the] mouth of | H6310 → | 498 times |
| שָׁנָ֔יו | shanav | years his | H8141 → | 877 times |
| יָשִׁ֖יב | yashiv | he will repay | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| גְּאֻלָּתֽוֹ׃ | geulato | redemption his | H1353 → | 14 times |
וְאִם־and if
veim-H518 →1069 times
מְעַ֞טfew
meatH4592 →
נִשְׁאַ֧רit remains
nisharH7604 →133 times
בַּשָּׁנִ֛יםin the years
bashanimH8141 →877 times
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
שְׁנַ֥ת[the] year of
shenatH8141 →877 times
הַיֹּבֵ֖לthe jubilee
haiyovelH3104 →27 times
וְחִשַּׁב־and he will calculate
vechishav-H2803 →124 times
ל֑וֹfor <the> himself
lo
כְּפִ֣יaccording to [the] mouth of
kefiH6310 →498 times
שָׁנָ֔יוyears his
shanavH8141 →877 times
יָשִׁ֖יבhe will repay
yashivH7725 →1056 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
גְּאֻלָּתֽוֹ׃redemption his
geulatoH1353 →14 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.