Leviticus 25:48

After the sale he may be redeemed. He that will of his brethren shall redeem him:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:

In Context

47If the hand of a stranger or a sojourner grow strong among you, and thy brother being impoverished sell himself to him, or to any of his race:

49Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, or his kinsman, by blood, or by affinity. But if he himself be able also, he shall redeem himself,

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:25If thy brother being impoverished sell his little possession, and his kinsman will, he may redeem what he had sold.

Nehemiah 5:5And now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren: and our children as their children. Behold we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters, and some of our daughters are bondwomen already, neither have we wherewith to redeem them, and our fields and our vineyards other men possess.

Galatians 4:4But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent his Son, made of a woman, made under the law:

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 25:40-55

Oppression of Brethren Forbidden. ( b. c. 1490.) 39 And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant: 40 But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubilee: 41 And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return. 42 For they are my servants, which I brought… Read the whole commentary →

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