Formerly in Israel - showing that the custom was obsolete in the writer’s days. The letter of the law (see the marginal reference) was not s…

In former time. — Arguments have been built on this word in favour of our assigning a late date to the book, but the inference see…

Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning
redeeming
It is a custom,…

This matter depended on the laws given by Moses about inheritances, and undoubtedly the whole was settled in the regular and legal manner. This kin…