Leviticus 25:27

then let him reckon the years since its sale, and restore the surplus to the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return to his property.

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WEBBE

then let him reckon the years since its sale, and restore the surplus to the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return to his property.

BSB

he shall calculate the years since its sale, repay the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and return to his property.

KJV

Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.

ASV

then let him reckon the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return unto his possession.

BBE

Then let him take into account the years from the time when he gave it up, and make up the loss for the rest of the years to him who took it, and so get back his property.

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וְחִשַּׁב ve·chi·shav and he will calculate H2803 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 שְׁנֵי she·nei [the] years of H8141 מִמְכָּרוֹ mi·ka·ro sale its H4465 וְהֵשִׁיב ve·he·shiv and he will repay H7725 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 הָעֹדֵף ha·'o·def the surplus H5736 לָאִישׁ la·'ish to the person H376 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher whom H834 מָכַר־ ma·khar- he sold [it] H4376 לוֹ lo to (the) him H9033 וְשָׁב ve·shav and he will return H7725 לַאֲחֻזָּתוֹ la·'a·chu·za·to to possession his H272

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 23–34

If the land were not redeemed before the year of jubilee, it then returned to him that sold or mortgaged it. This was a figure of the free grace of God in Christ; by which, and not by any price or merit of our own, we are restored to the favour of God. Houses in walled cities were more the fruits of their own industry than land in the country, which was the direct gift of God's bounty; therefore if a man sold a house in a city, he might redeem it only within a year after the sale. This encouraged strangers and proselytes to come and settle among them.

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