Leviticus 25:51

Leviticus 25:51 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
• New International Version (NIV)If many years remain, they must pay for their redemption a larger share of the price paid for them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)If there are still many years left, he shall pay proportionately for his redemption some of his sale price.
• New King James Version (NKJV)If there are still many years remaining, according to them he shall repay the price of his redemption from the money with which he was bought.

Context of Leviticus 25:51

49or his uncle or his cousin may redeem him, or anyone of the rest of his blood relatives – his family – may redeem him, or if he prospers he may redeem himself. 50He must calculate with the one who bought him the number of years from the year he sold himself to him until the jubilee year, and the cost of his sale must correspond to the number of years, according to the rate of wages a hired worker would have earned while with him. If there are still many years, in keeping with them he must refund most of the cost of his purchase for his redemption, 52but if only a few years remain until the jubilee, he must calculate for himself in keeping with the remaining years and refund it for his redemption. 53He must be with the one who bought him like a yearly hired worker. The one who bought him must not rule over him harshly in your sight.

Leviticus 25:51 word by word

אִם־ע֥וֹד רַבּ֖וֹת בַּשָּׁנִ֑ים לְפִיהֶן֙ יָשִׁ֣יב גְּאֻלָּת֔וֹ מִכֶּ֖סֶף מִקְנָתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• yet manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• accordingפֶּהpeh · lip: accordingH6310
• unto them he shall give againשׁוּבshûb · to return: payH7725
• the price of his redemptionגְּאֻלָּהge'ûllâh · redemptionH1353
• out of the moneyכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: priceH3701
• that he was boughtמִקְנָהmiqnâh · purchaseH4736

Commentaries on Leviticus 25:51

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 47-54Verses 47-54 A sojourner or stranger - Rather, a foreigner who has settled among you. See Leviticus 16:29, note; Exodus 20:10, note. Leviticus 25:54 In these years - More properly, by one of these means. The extreme period of servitude in this case was six years, as when the master was a Hebrew Exodus 21:2. Looking at the law of the Jubilee from a simply practical point of view, its operation must have tended to remedy those evils which are always growing…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 39-55Verses 39-55 A native Israelite, if sold for debt, or for a crime, was to serve but six years, and to go out the seventh. If he sold himself, through poverty, both his work and his usage must be such as were fitting for a son of Abraham. Masters are required to give to their servants that which is just and equal, Col 4:1. At the year of jubilee the servant should go out free, he and his children, and should return to his own family. This typified…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 47-55An Israelite who sold himself or a family member to a foreigner in Israel could buy himself or the family member back. If he lacked the resources to do so, he remained a slave in the seventh year. He had to wait for release in the Year of Jubilee (compare Exodus 21:2). While serving the foreigner, they must treat the Israelite slave as a hired servant, not as a slave (see Leviticus 25:53). The people of Israel belonged to God. No one could sell them as…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 25:51

• Debtor
• Jubilee
• Money
• Servant

In the dictionaries

• Accord
• Compel
• Decay
• Fill
• Freedom
• Increase
• Loan
• Poor
• Redeem
• Redemption

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