Leviticus 25:28

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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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
he	יָד֗וֹ ya.Do	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
able	דֵּי֮ dei	H1767	enough (as noun or adverb) · noun, common masculine singular construct
restore	מָֽצְאָ֜ה ma.tze.'Ah	H4672	properly · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
sold	מִמְכָּר֗וֹ mi.ka.Ro	H4465	merchandise · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
hand	בְּיַד֙ be.Yad	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct
bought	הַקֹּנֶ֣ה ha.ko.Neh	H7069	to erect · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
year	שְׁנַ֣ת she.Nat	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common feminine singular construct
jubile	הַיּוֹבֵ֑ל hai.yo.Vel	H3104	the blast of a horn (from its continuous sound) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
jubile	בַּיֹּבֵ֔ל bai.yo.Vel	H3104	the blast of a horn (from its continuous sound) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
out	וְיָצָא֙ ve.ya.Tza'	H3318	to go (causatively · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
return	הָשִׁ֣יב ha.Shiv	H7725	to turn back (hence · verb, hiphil infinitive construct
possession	לַאֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ la.'a.chu.za.To	H272	something seized · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Leviticus 25:10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile u…
Leviticus 25:13 In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.
Isaiah 35:9-10 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:
Jeremiah 32:15 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.
1 Corinthians 15:52-54 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we…
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
1 Peter 1:4-5 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 25:23-38

Here is, I. A law concerning the real estates of the Israelites in the land of Canaan, and the transferring of them. 1. No land should be sold for ever from the family to whose lot it fell in the division of the land. And the reason given is, The land is mine, and you are strangers and sojourners with me, Lev 25:23. (1.) God having a particular propriety in this land, he would by this restraint keep them sensible of it. The possessions of good people, who, having given up themselves to God, have therewith given up all they have to him, are in a particular manner at his disposal, and his disposal of them must be submitted to. (2.) They being strangers and sojourners with him in that land, and…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 25:23

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. In necessitous circumstances, individuals might effect a temporary sale. But they possessed the right of redeeming it, at any time, on payment of an adequate compensation to the present holder; and by the enactments of the Jubilee they recovered it free--so that the land was rendered inalienable. (See an exception to this law, Lev 27:20).

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 25:25

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.

John Gill

Dictionary and topics

Kinsman — Heb. goel, from root meaning to redeem. The goel among the Hebrews was the nearest male blood relation alive. Certain important obligations devolved upon him toward his next of kin. (1.) If any one…
Poor — The Mosaic legislation regarding the poor is specially important. (1.) They had the right of gleaning the fields (Lev. 19:9, 10; Deut. 24:19, 21). (2.) In the sabbatical year they were to have their…
Agriculture · LAWS CONCERNING — LAWS CONCERNING
Agriculture Or Husbandry · Was promoted amongst the Jews by: The rights of redemption — Was promoted amongst the Jews by: The rights of redemption
Debtor · LAWS CONCERNING — LAWS CONCERNING
Feast Of Jubilee, The · Enactments respecting: Restoration of all inheritances — Enactments respecting: Restoration of all inheritances
Homestead · When alienable, and when inalienable — When alienable, and when inalienable
Jubilee · LAWS CONCERNING — LAWS CONCERNING
Land · Sale and re — Sale and re
Poor · DUTY TO — DUTY TO
Redemption · Of per — Of per

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Leviticus 25:28

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 25:23-38

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 25:23

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 25:25

John Gill

Dictionary and topics

Leviticus 25:28

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 25:23-38

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 25:23

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 25:25

John Gill

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Leviticus 25:23-34

Keil & Delitzsch on Leviticus 25:8–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Leviticus 25:25

Rashi on Leviticus 25:28