Leviticus 25:13

Leviticus 25:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘In this Year of Jubilee everyone is to return to their own property.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"In this year of jubilee each of you shall return to his property.
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘In this Year of Jubilee, each of you shall return to his possession.

Context of Leviticus 25:13

11The 50th year is a Jubilee year. The people must not plant any seed in the fields. They must not harvest anything that grows by itself on the bushes. 12It is a Jubilee year for the people. And they can eat only food that they take from the fields. In the Jubilee year every person must return to the land of his family. 14If the people buy and sell land from each other, they must be honest with each other. 15The person who is selling the land will decide the price. He must count the number of years until the next Jubilee year.

Leviticus 25:13 word by word

בִּשְׁנַ֥ת הַיּוֹבֵ֖ל הַזֹּ֑את תָּשֻׁ֕בוּ אִ֖ישׁ אֶל־אֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• In the yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• of this jubileיוֹבֵלyôbêl yôbêl · jubilee/hornH3104
• ye shall returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• every manאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• unto his possessionאֲחֻזָּה'ăchûzzâh · possessionH272

Cross-references for Leviticus 25:13

• Leviticus 25:10The year will be special. It is a Jubilee year. It is a time for every one of my people to become free. Everyone can return to his own land and to his family.
• Leviticus 27:17If a person gives his land in a Jubilee year, the price is the same.
• Numbers 36:4Even when the Jubilee year comes, the land will not return to our tribe. It will belong to the tribes of the men that Zelophehad's daughters have married.’

Commentaries on Leviticus 25:13

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8-13Verses 8-13 The land was to be divided by lot among the families of the Israelites when the possession of it was obtained. Numbers 26:52-56; Numbers 33:54, etc. At the end of every seventh sabbatical cycle of years, in the year of Jubilee, each field or estate that might have been alienated was to be restored to the family to which it had been originally allotted. Leviticus 25:8 Seven sabbaths of years - seven weeks of years. Leviticus 25:9 Cause the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-22Verses 8-22 The word "jubilee" signifies a peculiarly animated sound of the silver trumpets. This sound was to be made on the evening of the great day of atonement; for the proclamation of gospel liberty and salvation results from the sacrifice of the Redeemer. It was provided that the lands should not be sold away from their families. They could only be disposed of, as it were, by leases till the year of jubilee, and then returned to the owner or his…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-17The Year of Jubilee occurred every fiftieth year, releasing people from obligations and slavery. This year was also a Sabbath year, meaning no farming took place. Some scholars believe the forty-ninth year was both a Sabbath (seventh) and Jubilee (fiftieth) year. Counting fifty years would place the Year of Jubilee right after the seventh Sabbath year, leading to two years without harvests. During each Year of Jubilee, the land returned to the original…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. ye shall return every man unto his possession, &c.--Inheritances, from whatever cause, and how frequently soever they had been alienated, came back into the hands of the original proprietors. This law of entail, by which the right heir could never be excluded, was a provision of great wisdom for preserving families and tribes perfectly distinct, and their genealogies faithfully recorded, in order that all might have evidence to establish their right…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 25:13

• Emancipation
• Jubilee

In the dictionaries

• Accord
• Compel
• Decay
• Festivals, Religious
• Fill
• Increase
• 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