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25 If ·a person in your country [your brother/kinsman] becomes very poor and sells some land, then close relatives ·must [or can] come and ·buy it back [redeem what his brother/kinsman has sold]. 26 If there is not a ·close relative to buy the land back [redeemer], but if the person ·makes enough money to be able to buy it back [prospers and he is able to redeem it], 27 the years must be ·counted [calculated] since the land was sold. That number must be used to decide how much the first owner should pay back the one who bought it. Then the land will belong to the first owner again.

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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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