Leviticus 25:24

Wherever there is property in land, the owner is to have the right of getting it back.

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In The King James Version

And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.

In Context

23No exchange of land may be for ever, for the land is mine, and you are as my guests, living with me for a time.

25If your brother becomes poor, and has to give up some of his land for money, his nearest relation may come and get back that which his brother has given up.

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:31But houses in small unwalled towns will be the same as property in the country; they may be got back, and they will go back to their owners in the year of Jubilee.

Jeremiah 32:7See, Hanamel, the son of Shallum, your father's brother, will come to you and say, Give the price and get for yourself my property in Anathoth: for you have the right of the nearest relation.

1 Corinthians 1:30But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:

Ephesians 1:14Which is the first-fruit of our heritage, till God gets back that which is his, to the praise of his glory.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 25:24-39

23 The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me. 24 And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land. 25 If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold. 26 And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it; 27 Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto… Read the whole commentary →

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