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 [a]brother sold.

26 And if he have no redeemer, but [b]hath gotten and found to buy it out,

27 Then shall he [c]count the years of his sale, and restore the overplus to the man, to whom he sold it: so shall he return to his possession.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 25:25 Or, kinsman.
  2. Leviticus 25:26 Hebrew, his hand hath gotten.
  3. Leviticus 25:27 Abating the money of the years past, and paying for the rest of the years to come.

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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