Leviticus 25:26
in Leviticus 25Or if a man has no one to redeem it for him, but he prospers and acquires enough to redeem his land,
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ASV
And if a man have no one to redeem it, and he be waxed rich and find sufficient to redeem it;
KJV
And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;
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This verse in Leviticus 25
Commentary
5 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
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.
This site's exposition
no one to redeem it for him
The law allows for a poor man with no kinsman able to act. His own later prosperity is the second way back. Verses 48 and 49 set the same order for a man sold into service, first a relative and then the man himself if he prospers.
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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
, 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 (
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The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאִ֕ישׁ | veish | and anyone | H376 → | 1663 times |
| כִּ֛י | ki | if | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִֽהְיֶה־ | yihyeh- | he will belong | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לּ֖וֹ | lo | to <the> him | ||
| גֹּאֵ֑ל | goel | a kinsman-redeemer | H1350 → | 104 times |
| וְהִשִּׂ֣יגָה | vehisigah | and it will reach | H5381 → | 50 times |
| יָד֔וֹ | yado | hand his | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| וּמָצָ֖א | umatza' | and he will find | H4672 → | 455 times |
| כְּדֵ֥י | kedei | according to [the] sufficiency of | H1767 → | 39 times |
| גְאֻלָּתֽוֹ׃ | geulato | redemption its | H1353 → | 14 times |
וְאִ֕ישׁand anyone
veishH376 →1663 times
כִּ֛יif
kiH3588 →4482 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יִֽהְיֶה־he will belong
yihyeh-H1961 →3559 times
לּ֖וֹto <the> him
lo
גֹּאֵ֑לa kinsman-redeemer
goelH1350 →104 times
וְהִשִּׂ֣יגָהand it will reach
vehisigahH5381 →50 times
יָד֔וֹhand his
yadoH3027 →1618 times
וּמָצָ֖אand he will find
umatza'H4672 →455 times
כְּדֵ֥יaccording to [the] sufficiency of
kedeiH1767 →39 times
גְאֻלָּתֽוֹ׃redemption its
geulatoH1353 →14 times
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.
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Leviticus 5:7If, however, he cannot afford a lamb, he may bring to the LORD as restitution for his sin two turtledoves or two young pigeons—one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt…
it leads to
- Leviticus 12:8
But if she cannot afford a lamb, she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement…
- Leviticus 14:21–22
If, however, the person is poor and cannot afford these offerings, he is to take one male lamb as a guilt offering to be waved to make atonement for him, along with a tenth…
- Hebrews 10:6–10
In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight.
- Matthew 3:16
As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him.
- Leviticus 14:31
one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, together with the grain offering. In this way the priest will make atonement before the LORD for the one to be cleansed.
- Leviticus 12:8
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This page draws on 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.