Leviticus - 25:24



24 In all the land of your possession you shall grant a redemption for the land.

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Explanation and meaning of Leviticus 25:24.

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For which cause all the country of your possession shall be under the condition of redemption.
In universa autem terra possessionis vestrae redemptionem dabitis terrae.

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And in all the land of your possession. Before the jubilee came, He permits not only the relations to redeem land sold by a poor man, but the seller also, if no other redeemer interposed. The same power was also given to relations amongst other nations, though with a different object, viz., the preservation of the family name; still, the seller was never allowed to redeem, unless a special clause to that effect was contained in the contract. But God desired that the lands should be retained by their legal possessor, in order that the people might deviate as little as possible from the division made by Joshua. Meanwhile, He had in view the private advantage of individuals; but in the perpetual succession to the land He considered Himself rather than men, in order that the recollection of His kindness should never be lost. Finally, He orders all lands to return in the year of jubilee to their original owners; and all sales to be cancelled, as if, in the fiftieth year, he renewed the lot for the division of the land.

Grant a redemption for the land - i. e. grant power to recover the land to the original holder who had parted with it.

And in all the land of your possession ye shall (m) grant a redemption for the land.
(m) You shall sell it on the condition that it may be redeemed.

And in all the land of your possession,.... Which they should possess in the land of Canaan, whatever part of it any of them should enjoy:
ye shall grant a redemption for the land; that is, whenever any estate in it was sold through necessity, the buyer was obliged to grant a liberty to the seller to redeem it, when it was in his power to do it, or any or his relations, especially after two years; so Jarchi observes, he that sells his possession may redeem it after two years, either he himself or he that is near akin to him, nor can the buyer hinder it; See Gill on Leviticus 25:15.

A redemption - A right of redemption in the time and manner following.

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