Leviticus 25:52

52 If there are only a few years left until Jubilee, the person must pay a small part of the first price.

Leviticus 25:52 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 25:52

And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubilee,
&c.] Fewer than what he has served, then the less is given for his redemption: thus, for instance, in the above supposed case, if he has served fifteen years, and there remain but five to the year of jubilee: then he shall count with him, [and] according unto his years shall he
give him again the price of his redemption;
as in the fore mentioned case, he shall give him five pieces of money; and thus the law of justice and equity was maintained between the buyer and seller, the purchaser and the redeemer: in a like righteous manner the people of God are redeemed by Christ.

Leviticus 25:52 In-Context

50 "'He and the one who bought him must count the time from when he sold himself up to the next year of Jubilee. Use that number to decide the price, because the person really only hired himself out for a certain number of years.

51 If there are still many years before the year of Jubilee, the person must pay back a large part of the price.

52 If there are only a few years left until Jubilee, the person must pay a small part of the first price.

53 But he will live like a hired person with the foreigner every year; don't let the foreigner rule cruelly over him.

54 "'Even if no one buys him back, at the year of Jubilee, he and his children will become free.