Leviticus 25:48

Wycliffe Bible

ether to ony of his kyn, he may be ayenbouyt aftir the sillyng; he that wole of hise britheren, ayenbie hym; bothe `the brother of fadir,

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
after that he is sold he may be redeemed: one of his brothers may redeem him;

King James Version
After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:

Lexham English Bible
after he is sold redemption shall be for him; one of his brothers may redeem him,

New Century Version
the poor person has the right to be bought back and become free. One of his relatives may buy him back:

New English Translation
after he has sold himself he retains a right of redemption. One of his brothers may redeem him,

Amplified Bible
then after he is sold he shall have the right of redemption. One of his relatives may redeem him:

New American Standard Bible
then he shall have redemption right after he has been sold. One of his brothers may redeem him,

Geneva Bible (1587)
After that he is solde, he may be bought out: one of his brethren may bye him out,

Legacy Standard Bible
then he shall have redemption right after he has been sold. One of his brothers may redeem him,

Contemporary English Version
you still have the right to be set free by a relative, such as a brother

Complete Jewish Bible
he may be redeemed after he has been sold. One of his brothers may redeem him;

Darby Translation
after that he is sold there shall be right of redemption for him; one of his brethren may redeem him.

Easy-to-Read Version
These people have the right to be bought back and become free. Someone from their own country can buy them back.

English Standard Version
then after he is sold he may be redeemed. One of his brothers may redeem him,

George Lamsa Translation
After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him;

Good News Translation
After they are sold, they still have the right to be bought back. A brother

Christian Standard Bible®
he has the right of redemption after he has been sold. One of his brothers may redeem him.

Literal Translation
after he has been sold, there is a redemption to him; one of his brothers may redeem him,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
(after that he is solde) to be redemed agayne. And eny of his brethren maye lowse him out:

American Standard Version
after that he is sold he may be redeemed: one of his brethren may redeem him;

Bible in Basic English
After he has given himself he has the right to be made free, for a price, by one of his brothers,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
After that he is solde, he may be redeemed agayne: one of his brethren may redeeme hym:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
after that he is sold he may be redeemed; one of his brethren may redeem him;

King James Version (1611)
After that he is sold, hee may be redeemed againe: one of his brethren may redeeme him.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
after he is sold to him there shall be redemption for him, one of his brethren shall redeem him.

English Revised Version
after that he is sold he may be redeemed; one of his brethren may redeem him:

Berean Standard Bible
he retains the right of redemption after he has sold himself. One of his brothers may redeem him:

Young's Literal Translation
after he hath been sold, there is a right of redemption to him; one of his brethren doth redeem him,

Update Bible Version
after he is sold he may be redeemed: one of his brothers may redeem him;

Webster's Bible Translation
After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:

World English Bible
after that he is sold he may be redeemed: one of his brothers may redeem him;

New King James Version
after he is sold he may be redeemed again. One of his brothers may redeem him;

New Living Translation
they still retain the right to be bought back, even after they have been purchased. They may be bought back by a brother,

New Life Bible
Then he may be made free after he has been sold. One of his brothers may pay the price to free him.

New Revised Standard
after they have sold themselves they shall have the right of redemption; one of their brothers may redeem them,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
after that he hath sold himself, a right of redemption, pertaineth to him, - one of his brethren, may redeem him;

Douay-Rheims Bible
After the sale he may be redeemed. He that will of his brethren shall redeem him:

Revised Standard Version
then after he is sold he may be redeemed; one of his brothers may redeem him,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
then he shall have redemption right after he has been sold. One of his brothers may redeem him,

Contextual Overview

³⁹ If thi brother compellid bi pouert sillith hym silf to thee, thou schalt not oppresse hym bi seruage of seruauntis, ⁴⁰ but he schal be as an hirid man and tenaunt; `til to the yeer of iubilee he schal worche at thee, <sup>41</sup> and aftirward he schal go out with his fre children, and he schal turne ayen to the kynrede, and to `the possessioun of his fadris. ⁴² For thei ben my seruauntis, and Y ledde hem out of the lond of Egipt; thei schulen not be seeld bi the condicioun of seruauntis; ⁴³ turmente thou not hem bi thi power, but drede thou thi Lord. ⁴⁴ A seruaunt and handmaide be to you of naciouns that ben in youre cumpas, ⁴⁵ and of comelyngis that ben pilgrimys at you, ether thei that ben borun of hem in youre lond; ye schulen haue these seruauntis, ⁴⁶ and bi riyt of eritage ye schulen `sende ouer to aftir comeris, and ye schulen welde with outen ende; sothely oppresse ye not bi power youre britheren, the sones of Israel. <sup>47</sup> If the hond of a comelyng and of a pilgrim wexith strong at you, and thi brother is maad pore, and sillith hym silf to hym, <sup>48</sup> ether to ony of his kyn, he may be ayenbouyt aftir the sillyng; he that wole of hise britheren, ayenbie hym; bothe `the brother of fadir,

Bible Verse Review
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Leviticus 25:25, Leviticus 25:35, Nehemiah 5:5, Nehemiah 5:8, Galatians 4:4, Galatians 4:5, Hebrews 2:11-13

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 4:1 - the creditor Job 6:23 - Redeem Psalms 31:5 - thou

Gill's Notes on the Bible

After that he is sold he may be redeemed again,.... Though an Heathen, sold to an Israelite, was to be a bondman for ever, and could not be released by the year of jubilee, yet an Israelite sold to an Heathen might be redeemed before, and if not, he was freed then. The Jewish writers understand this of an obligation upon the man, or his friends, or the congregation, to redeem him, and that immediately, as the Targum of Jonathan, and Jarchi, because of the danger he was in by being in the family of an idolater, lest he be polluted c, that is, with idolatry; or be swallowed up among the Heathens, as Maimonides d; but it is plain from Leviticus 25:54, that there was no obligation for an immediate redemption; nor was the person sold in such danger as suggested, since the sojourner, to whom he is supposed to be sold, was no idolater, whether a proselyte either of righteousness, or of the gate

one of his brethren may redeem him; which may be taken in a strict and proper sense, for any of his brethren who were in circumstances sufficient to redeem him, or for any near akin to him, as the following words seem to explain it. No mention is made of his father: the reason of which Abarbinel e says, because it cannot be thought that a father would suffer his son to be sold, if it was in his power to redeem him, since a father is pitiful to his son.

c Pesikta apud Drusium in loc. d Hilchot Abadim, c. 2. sect. 7. e Apud Muis. Varia Sacra, p. 373.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A sojourner or stranger - Rather, a foreigner who has settled among you. See Leviticus 16:29, note; Exodus 20:10, note.

Leviticus 25:54

In these years - More properly, by one of these means. The extreme period of servitude in this case was six years, as when the master was a Hebrew Exodus 21:2.

Looking at the law of the Jubilee from a simply practical point of view, its operation must have tended to remedy those evils which are always growing up in the ordinary conditions of human society. It prevented the permanent accumulation of land in the hands of a few, and periodically raised those whom fault or misfortune had sunk into poverty to a position of competency. It must also have tended to keep alive family feeling, and helped to preserve the family genealogies.

But in its more special character, as a law given by Yahweh to His special people, it was a standing lesson to those who would rightly regard it, on the terms upon which the enjoyment of the land of promise had been conferred upon them. All the land belonged to Yahweh as its supreme Lord, every Israelite as His vassal belonged to Him. The voice of the Jubilee horns, twice in every century, proclaimed the equitable and beneficent social order appointed for the people; they sounded that acceptable year of Yahweh which was to bring comfort to all that mourned, in which the slavery of sin was to be abolished, and the true liberty of God’s children was to be proclaimed Luke 2:25; Isaiah 61:2; Luke 4:19; Acts 3:21; Romans 8:19-23; 1 Peter 1:3-4.