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27 then[a] 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. 28 But[b] if his hand does not find enough to refund to him, then[c] what he has sold[d] shall be in the buyer’s hand until the Year of Jubilee; and it shall go out of the buyer’s hand[e] in the Jubilee, and he shall return to his property.

29 “‘And if a man sells a residential house in a walled city,[f] then[g] it shall be his redemption until completing a year after his selling;[h] its redemption shall last[i] a year.[j]

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 25:27 Or “and”
  2. Leviticus 25:28 Or “And”
  3. Leviticus 25:28 Or “and”
  4. Leviticus 25:28 Literally “his thing sold”
  5. Leviticus 25:28 Meaning derived from context; an alternative translation could be “shall not be released” (cf. NKJV, NRSV, ESV, NJPS) or “shall not revert” (NASB, NET)
  6. Leviticus 25:29 Literally “a house of a dwelling of a city wall”
  7. Leviticus 25:29 Or “and”
  8. Leviticus 25:29 Literally “a year of his selling”
  9. Leviticus 25:29 Literally “shall be”
  10. Leviticus 25:29 Literally “days”

27 they are to determine the value for the years(A) 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.(B) 28 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(C) in the Jubilee, and they can then go back to their property.(D)

29 “‘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.

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