Leviticus 25:26

26 If, however, there is no one to redeem it for them but later on they prosper and acquire sufficient means to redeem it themselves,

Leviticus 25:26 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
26 And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;
English Standard Version (ESV)
26 If a man has no one to redeem it and then himself becomes prosperous and finds sufficient means to redeem it,
New Living Translation (NLT)
26 If there is no close relative to buy the land, but the person who sold it gets enough money to buy it back,
The Message Bible (MSG)
26 If a man has no one to redeem it but he later prospers and earns enough for its redemption,
American Standard Version (ASV)
26 And if a man have no one to redeem it, and he be waxed rich and find sufficient to redeem it;
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
26 If a man doesn't have anyone to buy it back for him, but if he prospers and earns enough to buy it back himself,
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
26 If a man has no family redeemer, but he prospers and obtains enough to redeem his land,
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
26 " 'But suppose he does not have anyone to buy it back for him. And suppose things go well for him and he earns enough money to buy it back himself.

Leviticus 25:26 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 25:26

And if the man have none to redeem it
That is, none of kin that was able or willing to redeem it; otherwise no doubt there were persons in the land able to do it at any time, but none he was in connection with, or from whom he could expect such a favour:

and himself be able to redeem it;
or if his hand has got, and he has found a sufficiency for his redemption, as the Targum of Jonathan; not that he has found anything that was lost, as Chaskuni glosses it, but by one providence or another, by the blessing of God on his trade and business, is become rich, and it is in the power of his hand to redeem the possession he had sold, he might do it; but, as the same writer observes, he might not borrow and redeem, but must do it with what he had got of his own since the time of sale, and which is also the sense of others F4.


FOOTNOTES:

F4 Misn. Eracin, c. 9. 1. Maimon. & Bartenora in ib.

Leviticus 25:26 In-Context

24 Throughout the land that you hold as a possession, you must provide for the redemption of the land.
25 “ ‘If one of your fellow Israelites becomes poor and sells some of their property, their nearest relative is to come and redeem what they have sold.
26 If, however, there is no one to redeem it for them but later on they prosper and acquire sufficient means to redeem it themselves,
27 they are to determine the value for the years since they sold it and refund the balance to the one to whom they sold it; they can then go back to their own property.
28 But if they do not acquire the means to repay, what was sold will remain in the possession of the buyer until the Year of Jubilee. It will be returned in the Jubilee, and they can then go back to their property.

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