Leviticus 25:13-15

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Leviticus 25:13 tn Heb “you [plural] shall return, a man.”
2. Leviticus 25:14 tn Heb “sell a sale.”
3. Leviticus 25:14 tn Or “to one of your countrymen” (NIV); NASB “to your friend.”
4. Leviticus 25:14 tn The Hebrew infinitive absolute קָנֹה (qanoh, “buying”) substitutes for the finite verb here in sequence with the previous finite verb “sell” at the beginning of the verse (see GKC 345 §113.z).
5. Leviticus 25:14 tn Heb “do not oppress a man his brother.” Here “brother” does not refer only to a sibling, but to a fellow Israelite.
6. Leviticus 25:15 tn Heb “in the number of years after.”
7. Leviticus 25:15 tn The words “that are left” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.sn The purchaser is actually buying only the crops that the land will produce until the next Jubilee, since the land will revert to the original owner at that time. The purchaser, therefore, is not actually buying the land itself.