Leviticus - 27:24

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24 In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land belongs.

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Explanation and meaning of Leviticus 27:24.

Differing Translations

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In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong.
In the year of jubilee the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land belongeth.
But in the jubilee, it shall return to the former owner, who had sold it, and had it in the lot of his possession.
In the year of the jubilee the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought to him to whom the land belonged.
In the year of jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land belongeth.
in the year of the jubilee the field returneth to him from whom he bought it, to him whose is the possession of the land.
In the year of the jubilee the field shall return to him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong.
In the year of Jubilee the field will go back to him from whom he got it, that is, to him whose heritage it was.
Then, in the Jubilee, it shall be returned to the former owner, the one who had sold it and who had held it within the lot of his possession.
In anno jubilaei revertetur ager ad eum a quo emerat ipsum, ad eum eujus erat possessio terrae.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

In the year of jubilee, the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought,.... Not to him that sanctified it, whether he redeemed it or not; nor to him that bought it of the treasurer of the temple after it was sanctified; but to the original proprietor and owner of it, of whom he bought it that sanctified it, for so it follows:
even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong; which was a possession of his he had by inheritance from his fathers, and therefore, according to the law of the year of jubilee, was then to return to him, and could be retained no longer, nor even converted to holy uses; for as it is said in the Misnah (h),"a field of purchase goes not out to the priests in the year of jubilee; for no man can sanctify a thing which is not his own;''as what he had purchased was no longer his than to the year of jubilee, and therefore could not devote it to sacred uses for any longer time.
(h) Ut supra. (Hilchot Eracin, c. 4. sect. 26.)

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