25 (A)If a fellow countryman of yours becomes so poor that he sells part of his property, then his closest [a]redeemer is to come and buy back what his relative has sold. 26 Or in case someone has no redeemer, but [b]recovers to find sufficient means for its redemption, 27 (B)then he shall calculate the years since its sale and refund the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and so return to his property.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 25:25 I.e., male relative to act in his behalf
  2. Leviticus 25:26 Lit his hand reaches

25 “‘If one of your fellow Israelites becomes poor and sells some of their property, their nearest relative(A) is to come and redeem(B) what they have sold. 26 If, however, there is no one to redeem it for them but later on they prosper(C) and acquire sufficient means to redeem it themselves, 27 they are to determine the value for the years(D) since they sold it and refund the balance to the one to whom they sold it; they can then go back to their own property.(E)

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