Leviticus 25:48
they still have the right of being bought back after the sale. A member of their family can buy them back—
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 25:25If one of your people becomes poor and sells you some of their land, their close family can come and buy back what they have sold.
Nehemiah 5:5Even though we are the same people as our creditors and though our children are the same as their children, yet we going to have to turn our sons and daughters into slaves. In fact some of our daughters have already been enslaved, but we can't do anything about it, because our fields and our vineyards are now owned by others.”
Galatians 4:4But at the appropriate time God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the rule of 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 →