Leviticus 25:25
in Leviticus 25If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his nearest of kin may come and redeem what his brother has sold.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
If thy brother be waxed poor, and sell some of his possession, then shall his kinsman that is next unto him come, and shall redeem that which his brother hath sold.
KJV
If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.
⋯
This verse in Leviticus 25
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
If thy brother be waxen poor - The Israelites never parted with their land except under the pressure of poverty. Compare the answer of Naboth, 1Ki 21:3.
This site's exposition
If your brother becomes impoverished
on Leviticus 25:25-26
The poor man's ground is bought back by his nearest of kin, the Hebrew goel, who has the right and the duty to recover it. Job 19:25 and Isaiah 59:20 apply the same word to God.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
The kinsman is called Goel, the redeemer ( Num. v. 8; 9 ), to whom belonged the right of redeeming the land. And this typified Christ, who assumed our nature, that he might be our kinsman, bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh, and, being the only kinsman we have that is able to do it, to him belonged the right of redemption.
, 27 ), and the price must be settled according to the number of years since the sale and before the jubilee. If the person himself was not able to redeem it, his next kinsman might (
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation
If thy brother be waxen poor,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A 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.
Any of his kin come to redeem it - The land that was sold might be redeemed, in the interim between jubilee and jubilee, by the former owner or by one of his kinsmen or relatives. This kinsman is called in the text גאל goel or redeemer; and was not this a lively emblem of the redemption of man by Christ Jesus? That he might have a right to redeem man, he took upon him human nature, and thus became a kinsman of the great family of the human race, and thereby possessed the right of redeeming that fallen nature of which he took part, and of buying back to man that inheritance which had been forfeited by transgression.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | if | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| יָמ֣וּךְ | yamukh | he will become impoverished | H4134 → | 5 times |
| אָחִ֔יךָ | ʾachikha | brother your | H251 → | 630 times |
| וּמָכַ֖ר | umakhar | and he will sell | H4376 → | 80 times |
| מֵאֲחֻזָּת֑וֹ | meachuzato | some of possession his | H272 → | 66 times |
| וּבָ֤א | uva' | and he will come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| גֹֽאֲלוֹ֙ | goalo | kinsman-redeemer his | H1350 → | 104 times |
| הַקָּרֹ֣ב | hakaro | <the> near | H7138 → | 77 times |
| אֵלָ֔יו | ʾelav | to him | H413 → | 5510 times |
| וְגָאַ֕ל | vegaal | and he will redeem | H1350 → | 104 times |
| אֵ֖ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִמְכַּ֥ר | mikar | [the] thing sold of | H4465 → | 10 times |
| אָחִֽיו׃ | ʾachiv | brother his | H251 → | 630 times |
כִּֽי־if
ki-H3588 →4482 times
יָמ֣וּךְhe will become impoverished
yamukhH4134 →5 times
אָחִ֔יךָbrother your
ʾachikhaH251 →630 times
וּמָכַ֖רand he will sell
umakharH4376 →80 times
מֵאֲחֻזָּת֑וֹsome of possession his
meachuzatoH272 →66 times
וּבָ֤אand he will come
uva'H935 →2568 times
גֹֽאֲלוֹ֙kinsman-redeemer his
goaloH1350 →104 times
הַקָּרֹ֣ב<the> near
hakaroH7138 →77 times
אֵלָ֔יוto him
ʾelavH413 →5510 times
וְגָאַ֕לand he will redeem
vegaalH1350 →104 times
אֵ֖ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
מִמְכַּ֥ר[the] thing sold of
mikarH4465 →10 times
אָחִֽיו׃brother his
ʾachivH251 →630 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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
Revelation 5:9And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and…
it leads to
- 1 Peter 1:18–19
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
- 1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
- Matthew 26:28
This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
- Romans 3:24–26
and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
- Psalms 40:3
He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.
- 1 Peter 1:18–19
Through
Ruth 3:9“Who are you?” he asked. “I am your servant Ruth,” she replied. “Spread the corner of your garment over me, for you are a kinsman-redeemer.”
it leads to
- Ezekiel 16:8
Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a…
- Ruth 2:20
Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the LORD, who has not withdrawn His kindness from the living or the dead.” Naomi continued, “The man is a close relative. He…
- Ezekiel 16:8
Through
Ruth 3:12Yes, it is true that I am a kinsman-redeemer, but there is a redeemer nearer than I.
it leads to
- Ruth 4:1
Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went…
- Ruth 4:1
Where this verse is studied
By subject
Redemption35 verses
On this page
Studies17
On this verse
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); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.