Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Leviticus 25:25
A kinsman could redeem his relative's property at any time at a price calculated according to the years still to elapse before the Jubilee.
A kinsman could redeem his relative's property at any time at a price calculated according to the years still to elapse before the Jubilee.
Verse Leviticus 25:25. _ANY OF HIS KIN COME TO REDEEM IT_] The land that was sold might be redeemed, in the interim between jubilee and jubilee, by the _former owner_ or by one of his _kinsmen_ or _r...
IF THY BROTHER BE WAXEN POOR - The Israelites never parted with their land except under the pressure of poverty. Compare the answer of Naboth, 1 Kings 21:3....
4. THE SABBATIC YEAR AND THE YEAR OF JUBILEE CHAPTER 25 _ 1. The Sabbatic year (Leviticus 25:1)_ 2. The jubilee (Leviticus 25:8) 3. The jubilee and the land (Leviticus 25:13) 4.
THE YEAR OF JUBILE. This law contains two large provisions, the return of estates to their original owners, and the liberation of Hebrew slaves, both in the fiftieth year. It also contains a section w...
IF. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "And if". WAXEN POOR. brought low. ANY OF HIS KIN. his _goel,_ or redeemer, next of kin. See note on Exodus 6:6. REDEEM. He...
_Law in respect to the redemption of land_(H and P mixed)...
_be waxen poor_ The original verb is almost confined to this ch., the one exception being Leviticus 27:8 (-be poorer"). _his kinsman that is next unto him_ Cp. the more explicit statement in Leviticus...
IF ANY OF HIS KIN COME TO REDEEM IT— The word גאל _goel, a redeemer,_ signifies also a _near kinsman;_ to whom the right of redeeming lands, houses, or persons, and also the avenging of blood, belongs...
THE LAW OF REDEMPTION 25:23-34 TEXT 25:23-34 23 And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is mine: for ye are strangers and sojourners with me. 24 And in all the land of your poss...
_THE LAND SHALL NOT BE SOLD FOR EVER: FOR THE LAND IS MINE; FOR YE ARE STRANGERS AND SOJOURNERS WITH ME._ The land shall not be sold for ever - or, 'be quite cut off,' as the margin better renders it...
25:25 relation, (e-17) _ Gahal_ . Or 'kinsman next to him.' he had the right of redemption. see Psalms 69:18 ....
LEVITICUS *WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS LEVITICUS _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...
IF THY BROTHER BE WAXEN POOR, AND HATH SOLD... — As poverty is the only reason which the Law here supposes might lead one to part with his field, the authorities during the second Temple concluded, an...
כִּֽי ־יָמ֣וּךְ אָחִ֔יךָ וּ מָכַ֖ר מֵ אֲחֻזָּ
THE SABBATIC YEAR AND THE JUBILEE Leviticus 25:1 THE system of annually recurring sabbatic times, as given in chapter 23, culminated in the sabbatic seventh month. But this remarkable system of sabba...
THE JUBILEE AND THE LAND Leviticus 25:13 "In this year of jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession. And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbour, or buy of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall no...
CONSIDERATION FOR THE POOR Leviticus 25:18 It was good for the land to lie fallow for one year in seven; and it was a wise provision that it should not be sold in perpetuity. This enactment prevented...
The last section of the Book of Leviticus is occupied with setting forth laws concerning the outward signs in the land of the proof of possession, together with certain promises and warnings, all endi...
All these precepts refer to one and the same thing. But their spiritual import is peculiarly striking. A brother so poor as not to be able to redeem his right, is a lively type of our poor nature. And...
We have seen the various forms of the work of Christ, of His offering of Himself to God, whether in all the perfectness of His life, or in His death as the means of our acceptance. We have seen furthe...
Chapter 25. The land itself is held for Jehovah, as being His; it must enjoy God's rest; and moreover he who had lost his inheritance therein should find it again, according to the counsels of God, at...
IF THY BROTHER BE WAXEN POOR,.... Is brought very low, greatly reduced, and is in mean circumstances; hence Jarchi says, we learn, that no man may sell his field, unless his distress presses him and f...
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. Ver. 25. _And if any of his kin._...
_A redemption_ A right of redemption, in the time and manner following. _If any of his kin come_ Or, _If the redeemer come_, _being near akin to him_, who, in this, was an eminent type of Christ, who...
1 The Sabbath of the seuenth yeere. 8 The Iubile in the fiftieth yeere. 14 Of oppression. 18 A blessing of obedience. 23 The redemption of land, 29 Of houses. 35 Compassion of the poore. 39 The...
Consideration for the Poor and for Slaves....
If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, land or houses in the country, AND IF ANY OF HIS KIN COME TO REDEEM IT, the man upon whom this duty devolved, v. 48, THEN SHALL...
THE SEVENTH YEAR SABBATH (VV. 1-7) Here was a wonderful provision for Israel every seven years. When they came into their land, they were to plant their land for six years and reap its fruits. But th...
23-34 If the land were not redeemed before the year of jubilee, it then returned to him that sold or mortgaged it. This was a figure of the free grace of God in Christ; by which, and not by any price...
SOME OF HIS POSSESSION, to wit, in the fields, but not in cities, LEVITICUS 25:29. IF ANY OF HIS KIN COME TO REDEEM IT; or, _if the redeemer come, being near akin to him_, to whom the right of redempt...
The intelligent reader will discern a strong moral link between this and the preceding chapter. In Leviticus 24:1-23 we learn that the house of Israel is preserved for the land of Canaan. In chapter 2...
Leviticus 25:25 brethren H251 poor H4134 (H8799) sold H4376 (H8804) possession H272 relative H7138 comes H935 ...
THE LAND BELONGS TO YAHWEH AND CANNOT BE PASSED ON PERMANENTLY. IT CAN EITHER BE REDEEMED EARLY OR WILL BE PASSED BACK AT THE YEAR OF YUBILE (LEVITICUS 25:23). Leviticus 25:23 “And the land shall no...
REDEEM Hebrew, "goel," Redemption (Kinsman type). (_ See Scofield) - (Isaiah 59:20). _...
CONTENTS: Laws of the land. Sabbatic year and year of Jubilee. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: The blessing of God upon our provision will make a little go a long way and satisfy even the poor w...
Leviticus 25:4. The _seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest._ While the Hebrews continued faithful under the Theocracy of heaven, they were the happiest people in the world. A sabbatical year was a y...
_A Sabbath of rest unto the land._ THE SABBATIC YEAR AND JUBILEE 1. I do not suppose that these sabbatic regulations referred severally to separate and distinct things. The seventh day, the seventh m...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 25:25 If an Israelite is forced to sell his land, the land can be brought back to the family in one of three ways: (1) a close relative, called a kinsman-redeemer, buys it;...
The Fear of Jubilee SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 25:1.—Then shall the land keep a Sabbath unto the Lord. For a whole year the land ceased to be the property of the owner; he might not till the soil,...
EXPOSITION The subject of the sacred seasons is taken up again in this chapter, after the parenthetical insertion of Leviticus 24:1. There remain the septennial festive season and that of the half-ce...
Now as we get into chapter twenty-five, they were to give the land a Sabbath day's rest or Sabbath year. They were to plant the land for six years, the seventh year they were to let the land rest. Rea...
2 Corinthians 8:9; Hebrews 2:13; Hebrews 2:14; Jeremiah 32:7; J
If any of his kin come — Or, If the redeemer come, being near akin to him, who in this was an eminent type of Christ, who was made near akin to us by taking our flesh, that he might perform the work o...