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then let him reckon the years of the sale of it, and restore the surplus to the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return to his possession.
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A Fair, Pro-Rated Price
Commentators explain that redeeming land was not an arbitrary process. The price was calculated fairly by prorating the original sale price based on the number of years remaining until the Jubilee. The buyer was essentially refunded for the years of use they were forfeiting, ensuring an equitable transaction for both parties.
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Leviticus
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19th Century
Anglican
Count the years of the sale thereof. —To regulate the price of the redemption money, the crops that the purchaser had enjoyed since acquir…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then let him count the years of the sale thereof How many years had passed since it was sold, how many it had been in the hand…
Presbyterian
If the land were not redeemed before the year of jubilee, it then returned to him who sold or mortgaged it. This was a figure of the free grace of …