Leviticus 25:28

But if he isn’t able to get it back for himself, then what he has sold shall remain in the hand of him who has bought it until the Year of Jubilee: and in the Jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his property.

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WEBBE

But if he isn’t able to get it back for himself, then what he has sold shall remain in the hand of him who has bought it until the Year of Jubilee. In the Jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his property.

BSB

But 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.

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.

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.

BBE

But if he is not able to get it back for himself, then it will be kept by him who gave a price for it, till the year of Jubilee; and in that year it will go back to its first owner and he will have his property again.

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וְאִם ve·'im and if H518 לֹא־ lo'- not H3808 מָצְאָה ma·tze·'ah it has found H4672 יָדוֹ ya·do hand his H3027 דֵּי dei sufficiency H1767 הָשִׁיב ha·shiv (of) to repay H7725 לוֹ lo to (the) him H9033 וְהָיָה ve·ha·yah and it will be H1961 מִמְכָּרוֹ mi·ka·ro thing sold his H4465 בְּיַד be·yad in [the] hand of H3027 הַקֹּנֶה ha·ko·neh the [one who] bought H7069 אֹתוֹ 'o·to (marks the object) it H853 עַד 'ad until H5704 שְׁנַת she·nat [the] year of H8141 הַיּוֹבֵל hai·yo·vel the jubilee H3104 וְיָצָא ve·ya·tza' and it will go out H3318 בַּיֹּבֵל bai·yo·vel in the jubilee H3104 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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