Leviticus 25:28
in Leviticus 25But if he cannot obtain enough to repay him, what he sold will remain in possession of the buyer until the Year of Jubilee. In the Jubilee, however, it is to be released, so that he may return to his property.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
But if he be not able to get it back for himself, then that which he hath sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubilee: and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.
KJV
But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.
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This verse in Leviticus 25
Commentary
6 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
he shall calculate the years since its sale
on Leviticus 25:27-28
Where no relative acts, the seller may redeem his field by counting the years and paying the overplus, the pricing of verse 15 run backwards. Where he can do neither, the jubile does it for him and he pays nothing.
This site's exposition
it is to be released
Released is the word the chapter uses for land here and for village houses at verse 31. It is also used for Levite houses at verse 33 and for a man and his children at verses 41 and 54. One verb covers field and family.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
But if he be not able to restore it to him,....
This was a figure of the free grace of God towards us in Christ, by which, and not by any price or merit of our own, we are restored to the favour of God, and become entitled to paradise, from which our first parents, and we in them, were expelled for disobedience. A difference was made between houses in walled cities, and lands in the country, or houses in country villages.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
It shall go out - i. e. it shall be set free.
The words behind it
19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאִ֨ם | veim | and if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| מָֽצְאָ֜ה | matzeah | it has found | H4672 → | 455 times |
| יָד֗וֹ | yado | hand his | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| דֵּי֮ | dei | sufficiency | H1767 → | 39 times |
| הָשִׁ֣יב | hashiv | <of> to repay | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| לוֹ֒ | lo | to <the> him | ||
| וְהָיָ֣ה | vehayah | and it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| מִמְכָּר֗וֹ | mikaro | thing sold his | H4465 → | 10 times |
| בְּיַד֙ | beyad | in [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| הַקֹּנֶ֣ה | hakoneh | the [one who] bought | H7069 → | 84 times |
| אֹת֔וֹ | ʾoto | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עַ֖ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| שְׁנַ֣ת | shenat | [the] year of | H8141 → | 877 times |
| הַיּוֹבֵ֑ל | haiyovel | the jubilee | H3104 → | 27 times |
| וְיָצָא֙ | veyatza' | and it will go out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| בַּיֹּבֵ֔ל | baiyovel | in the jubilee | H3104 → | 27 times |
| וְשָׁ֖ב | veshav | and he will return | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| לַאֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ׃ | laachuzato | to possession his | H272 → | 66 times |
וְאִ֨םand if
veimH518 →1069 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
מָֽצְאָ֜הit has found
matzeahH4672 →455 times
יָד֗וֹhand his
yadoH3027 →1618 times
דֵּי֮sufficiency
deiH1767 →39 times
הָשִׁ֣יב<of> to repay
hashivH7725 →1056 times
לוֹ֒to <the> him
lo
וְהָיָ֣הand it will be
vehayahH1961 →3559 times
מִמְכָּר֗וֹthing sold his
mikaroH4465 →10 times
בְּיַד֙in [the] hand of
beyadH3027 →1618 times
הַקֹּנֶ֣הthe [one who] bought
hakonehH7069 →84 times
אֹת֔וֹ<obj.> it
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
עַ֖דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
שְׁנַ֣ת[the] year of
shenatH8141 →877 times
הַיּוֹבֵ֑לthe jubilee
haiyovelH3104 →27 times
וְיָצָא֙and it will go out
veyatza'H3318 →1067 times
בַּיֹּבֵ֔לin the jubilee
baiyovelH3104 →27 times
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.
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
Leviticus 25:10So you are to consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty in the land for all its inhabitants. It shall be your Jubilee, when each of you is to return to his property and…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 34:8
After King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim liberty, the word came to Jeremiah from the LORD
- Isaiah 63:4
For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption had come.
- Isaiah 61:1–3
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty…
- Leviticus 25:13
In this Year of Jubilee, each of you shall return to his own property.
- 1 Peter 2:16
Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
- Jeremiah 34:8
Through
Leviticus 25:13In this Year of Jubilee, each of you shall return to his own property.
it leads to
- Leviticus 25:10
So you are to consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty in the land for all its inhabitants. It shall be your Jubilee, when each of you is to return to his property and…
- Leviticus 25:10
Through
Jeremiah 32:15For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought in this land.”
it leads to
- Zechariah 3:10
On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, you will each invite your neighbor to sit under your own vine and fig tree.’”
- Amos 9:14–15
I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
- Zechariah 3:10
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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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.