Leviticus 25:24

You must observe the right of redemption for all the land that you acquire; you must allow the land to be bought back by the family from whom you bought it.

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In The King James Version

And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.

In Context

23The land must not be sold to a new permanent owner, because the land is mine. You are all foreigners and temporary residents on my land.

25If your fellow Israelite became poor and for that reason sold some of his property, then his nearest relative may come and buy back the property that he sold to you.

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:31But the houses of the villages that have no wall around them will be considered as the field of the land. They may be redeemed, and they must be returned during the year of Jubilee.

Jeremiah 32:7'Look, Hanamel son of Shallum your uncle is coming to you and will say, “Buy my field that is in Anathoth for yourself, for the right to buy it belongs to you.”'”

1 Corinthians 1:30Because of what God did, now you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God. He became our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.

Ephesians 1:14who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we take full possession of it, to the praise of his glory.

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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