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Leviticus 25:24

Listen to Leviticus 25:24
24 You must provide for the right of redemption for any of the land that you own.

Leviticus 25:24 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 25:24

And in all the land of your possession
Which they should possess in the land of Canaan, whatever part of it any of them should enjoy:

ye shall grant a redemption for the land;
that is, whenever any estate in it was sold through necessity, the buyer was obliged to grant a liberty to the seller to redeem it, when it was in his power to do it, or any or his relations, especially after two years; so Jarchi observes, he that sells his possession may redeem it after two years, either he himself or he that is near akin to him, nor can the buyer hinder it; (See Gill on Leviticus 25:15).

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Leviticus 25:24 In-Context

22 While you plant in the eighth year, you will eat from the old crop and continue until the harvest of the ninth year comes in.
23 "The land cannot be sold permanently because the land is mine and you are foreigners - you're my tenants.
24 You must provide for the right of redemption for any of the land that you own.
25 "If one of your brothers becomes poor and has to sell any of his land, his nearest relative is to come and buy back what his brother sold.
26 If a man has no one to redeem it but he later prospers and earns enough for its redemption,
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.

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