Leviticus 25:27

25:26 And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it; himself: Heb. his hand hath attained and found sufficiency

Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.

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then let him reckon the years since its sale, and restore the surplus to the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return to his property.

Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.

Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the remainder to the man to whom he sold it; that he may return to his possession.

25:28 But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.

What does Leviticus 25:27 mean?

Leviticus 25:27 is a verse in the book of Leviticus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include חָשַׁב (châshab), שָׁנֶה (shâneh), מִמְכָּר (mimkâr).

Hebrew interlinear

Then

let

him

countחָשַׁבchâshab/khaw-shab'/H2803properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute

the

yearsשָׁנֶהshâneh/shaw-neh'/H8141a year (as a revolution of time)

the

saleמִמְכָּרmimkâr/mim-kawr'/H4465merchandise; abstractly, a selling

thereof,

and

restoreשׁוּבshûwb/shoob/H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again

the

overplusעֲדַףʻădaph/aw-daf'/H5736to be (causatively, have) redundant

unto

the

manאִישׁʼîysh/eesh/H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

whom

soldמָכַרmâkar/maw-kar'/H4376to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)

it;

that

may

returnשׁוּבshûwb/shoob/H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again

unto

his

possession.אֲחֻזָּהʼăchuzzâh/akh-ooz-zaw'/H272something seized, i.e. a possession (especially of land)

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Agriculture or Husbandry Debtor Feast of Jubilee, the Homestead Jubilee Land Poor Redemption

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Leviticus 25:27.

Leviticus 25:25

If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.

Leviticus 25:50

And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him.

Genesis 20:7

Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.

Genesis 31:15

Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.

Leviticus 25:14

And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:

Leviticus 25:28

But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.

Leviticus 25:29

And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it.

Leviticus 25:33

And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel. a man: or, one of the Levites redeem them

Frequently asked questions

What does Leviticus 25:27 say?

Leviticus 25:27 (King James Version) reads: "Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession."

Is Leviticus 25:27 in the Old or New Testament?

Leviticus 25:27 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Leviticus.

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