23 ¶ Also the land shall not be sold to be [a]cut off from the family: for the land is mine, and ye be but strangers and sojourners with me.

24 Therefore in all the land of your possession ye shall [b]grant a redemption of the land.

25 ¶ If thy brother be impoverished, and sell his possession, then his redeemer shall come, even his near kinsman, and buy out that, which his [c]brother sold.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 25:23 It could not be sold forever, but must return to the family in the Jubilee.
  2. Leviticus 25:24 Ye shall sell it on condition that it may be redeemed.
  3. Leviticus 25:25 Or, kinsman.

23 “‘The land(A) must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine(B) and you reside in my land as foreigners(C) and strangers. 24 Throughout the land that you hold as a possession, you must provide for the redemption(D) of the land.

25 “‘If one of your fellow Israelites becomes poor and sells some of their property, their nearest relative(E) is to come and redeem(F) what they have sold.

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