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Leviticus 25:28 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 28. 28But 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.
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Role in This Section
This verse returns unrecovered rural land at Jubilee when earlier redemption is impossible.
Read It With
- Leviticus 25:25-34
Place Leviticus 25:28 inside 25:25-34. This verse returns unrecovered rural land at Jubilee when earlier redemption is impossible. Its surrounding procedure or case makes the larger point: A near kinsman may redeem sold land, a seller with means may recover it by calculated value, unwalled houses return at Jubilee, city houses have a one-year window, and Levite property receives special protection.
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Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Leviticus 25:25-34 — Kin redemption and Jubilee protect family land and Levite townsSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: Leviticus 25:25-34, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Leviticus
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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Lev.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 25:25-34
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