Leviticus 27:24

But in the Year of Celebration, the land will again be owned by the person from whom he bought it, the person whose family had always owned that land.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong.

In Context

23the priest will count the number of years until the next Year of Celebration to determine how much it is worth, and the man must pay that amount to the priest on that day, and then that land will belong to that man again.

25All the silver that is paid must be compared with the official pieces of silver in the Sacred Tent.

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:28But if the original owner does not have any money to buy the land that he sold, it will continue to belong to the man who bought it, until the next Year of Celebration. In that year it must be returned to its original owner, and he will be able to live on it again.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 27:15-26

Concerning Things Sanctified. ( b. c. 1490.) 14 And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the Lord , then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand. 15 And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his. 16 And if a man shall sanctify unto the Lord some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed… Read the whole commentary →

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