Leviticus 25:24

24 And in all the country you possess, you shall grant a redemption of the land.

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).

Leviticus 25:24 In-Context

22 When you sow in the eighth year, you will be eating old produce; until the ninth year, when its produce comes in, you shall eat the old.
23 The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; for you are strangers and sojourners with me.
24 And in all the country you possess, you shall grant a redemption of the land.
25 "If your brother becomes poor, and sells part of his property, then his next of kin shall come and redeem what his brother has sold.
26 If a man has no one to redeem it, and then himself becomes prosperous and finds sufficient means to redeem it,
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