Leviticus 25:28

But if he is not able to get it back for himself, then it will be kept by him who gave a price for it, till the year of Jubilee; and in that year it will go back to its first owner and he will have his property again.

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In The King James Version

But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.

In Context

27Then let him take into account the years from the time when he gave it up, and make up the loss for the rest of the years to him who took it, and so get back his property.

29And if a man gives his house in a walled town for money, he has the right to get it back for the space of a full year after he has given it up.

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:13In this year of Jubilee, let every man go back to his heritage.

Leviticus 27:24In the year of Jubilee the field will go back to him from whom he got it, that is, to him whose heritage it was.

Jeremiah 32:15For the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, There will again be trading in houses and fields and vine-gardens in this land.

1 Thessalonians 4:13But it is our desire, brothers, that you may be certain about those who are sleeping; so that you may have no need for sorrow, as others have who are without hope.

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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