Leviticus 25:26

Leviticus 25:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;
• New International Version (NIV)If, however, there is no one to redeem it for them but later on they prosper and acquire sufficient means to redeem it themselves,
• English Standard Version (ESV)If a man has no one to redeem it and then himself becomes prosperous and finds sufficient means to redeem it,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Or if the man has no one to redeem it, but he himself becomes able to redeem it,

Context of Leviticus 25:26

24Thus for every piece of property you possess, you must provide for the redemption of the land. 25If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his nearest of kin may come and redeem what his brother has sold. Or if a man has no one to redeem it for him, but he prospers and acquires enough to redeem his land, 27he shall calculate the years since its sale, repay the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and return to his property. 28But if he cannot obtain enough to repay him, what he sold will remain in possession of the buyer until the Year of Jubilee. In the Jubilee, however, it is to be released, so that he may return to his property.

Leviticus 25:26 word by word

וְאִ֕ישׁ כִּ֛י לֹ֥א יִֽהְיֶה־לּ֖וֹ גֹּאֵ֑ל וְהִשִּׂ֣יגָה יָד֔וֹ וּמָצָ֖א כְּדֵ֥י גְאֻלָּתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• Or ifכִּיkîy · forH3588
• a manאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• hasהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• no oneלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• to redeem itגָּאַלgâ'al · to redeem: redeemH1350
• but he prospersנָשַׂגnâώag · to overtakeH5381
• but he prospersיָדyâd · hand: themselvesH3027
• and acquiresמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• enoughדַּיday · sufficiencyH1767
• to redeem his landגְּאֻלָּהge'ûllâh · redemptionH1353

Cross-references for Leviticus 25:26

• Leviticus 5:7If, however, he cannot afford a lamb, he may bring to the LORD as restitution for his sin two turtledoves or two young pigeons—one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.

Commentaries on Leviticus 25:26

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-34Verses 23-34 If the land were not redeemed before the year of jubilee, it then returned to him that sold or mortgaged it. This was a figure of the free grace of God in Christ; by which, and not by any price or merit of our own, we are restored to the favour of God. Houses in walled cities were more the fruits of their own industry than land in the country, which was the direct gift of God's bounty; therefore if a man sold a house in a city, he might…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-55Just as seven days made a week ending in a Sabbath day, every seven years ended with a Sabbath year. After seven Sabbath years, or 49 years, came a special year called the Year of Jubilee. Like so many holy days, these times were meant for reflecting on Israel's shared identity and their relationship with God. Every Israelite, both free and servant, had a place in God’s kingdom. So, those bound in servitude were set free during the Year of Jubilee…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 23-2823-28. The land shall not be sold for ever--or, "be quite cut off," as the Margin better renders it. The land was God's, and, in prosecution of an important design, He gave it to the people of His choice, dividing it among their tribes and families--who, however, held it of Him merely as tenants-at-will and had no right or power of disposing of it to strangers. In necessitous circumstances, individuals might effect a temporary sale. But they possessed the…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 25:26

• Agriculture
• Debtor
• Homestead
• Jubilee
• Land
• Poor
• Redemption

In the dictionaries

• Accord
• Compel
• Decay
• Fill
• Increase
• Poor
• Redeem
• Redemption
• Rest
• Sabbath

Commentaries on Leviticus 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings