^25:27he is to calculate the value of the years it was sold,⁴⁴ refund the balance⁴⁵ to the man to whom he had sold it, and return to his property. ^25:28If he has not prospered enough to refund⁴⁶ a balance to him, then what he sold⁴⁷ will belong to⁴⁸ the one who bought it until the jubilee year, but it must revert⁴⁹ in the jubilee and the original owner⁵⁰ may return to his property.

Release of Houses

^25:29“ ‘If a man sells a residential house in a walled city,⁵¹ its right of redemption must extend⁵² until one full year from its sale;⁵³ its right of redemption must extend to a full calendar year.⁵⁴

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Footnotes

44 Heb “and he shall calculate its years of sale.”
45 Heb “and return the excess.”
46 Heb “And if his hand has not found sufficiency of returning.” Although some versions take this to mean that he has not made enough to regain the land (e.g., , ; see also B. A. Levine, Leviticus [], ), the combination of terms in Hebrew corresponds to the portion of v. 27 that refers specifically to refunding the money (cf. v. 27; see and G. J. Wenham, Leviticus [], ).
47 Heb “his sale.”
48 Heb “will be in the hand of.” This refers to the temporary control of the one who purchased its produce until the next year of jubilee, at which time it would revert to the original owner.
49 Heb “it shall go out” (so , ; see B. A. Levine, Leviticus [], ).
50 Heb “he”; the referent (the original owner of the land) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
51 Heb “a house of a residence of a walled city.”
52 Heb “shall be.”
53 Heb “of its sale.”
54 Heb “days its right of redemption shall be” (see B. A. Levine, Leviticus [], ).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

let him calculate the years since he sold it and pay back the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and then return to his property. But if he does not have sufficient means to recover it, then what he sold shall remain in the hand of the buyer until the year of jubilee. In the jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his property.

“If a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, he may redeem it within a year of its sale. For a full year he shall have the right of redemption.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

they are to determine the value for the years since they sold it and refund the balance to the one to whom they sold it; they can then go back to their own property. But if they do not acquire the means to repay, what was sold will remain in the possession of the buyer until the Year of Jubilee. It will be returned in the Jubilee, and they can then go back to their property.

“ ‘Anyone who sells a house in a walled city retains the right of redemption a full year after its sale. During that time the seller may redeem it.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

he may calculate the years since its sale, repay the balance to the man he sold it to, and return to his property. But if he cannot obtain enough to repay him, what he sold will remain in the possession of its purchaser until the Year of Jubilee. It is to be released at the Jubilee, so that he may return to his property.

“If a man sells a residence in a walled city, his right of redemption will last until a year has passed after its sale; his right of redemption will last a year.

NLTNew Living Translation

he then has the right to redeem it from the one who bought it. The price of the land will be discounted according to the number of years until the next Year of Jubilee. In this way the original owner can then return to the land. But if the original owner cannot afford to buy back the land, it will remain with the new owner until the next Year of Jubilee. In the jubilee year, the land must be returned to the original owners so they can return to their family land.

“Anyone who sells a house inside a walled town has the right to buy it back for a full year after its sale. During that year, the seller retains the right to buy it back.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

then he shall calculate the years of its selling, and he shall refund the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and he shall return to his property. But if his hand does not find enough to refund to him, then what he has sold shall be in the buyer’s hand until the Year of Jubilee; and it shall go out of the buyer’s hand in the Jubilee, and he shall return to his property.

“ ‘And if a man sells a residential house in a walled city, then it shall be his redemption until completing a year after his selling; its redemption shall last a year.

KJV 1900King James Version

Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession. But 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. And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it.

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