Leviticus 25:51

If there be many years that remain until the jubilee, according to them shall he also repay the price.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.

In Context

50Counting only the years from the time of his selling unto the year of the jubilee: and counting the money that he was sold for, according to the number of the years and the reckoning of a hired servant,

52If few, he shall make the reckoning with him according to the number of the years, and shall repay to the buyer of what remaineth of the years,

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:16The more years remain after the jubilee, the more shall the price increase: and the less time is counted, so much the less shall the purchase cost. For he shall sell to thee the time of the fruits.

Leviticus 27:18But if some time after, the priest shall reckon the money according to the number of years that remain until the jubilee, and the price shall be abated.

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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