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But if he isn`t able to get it back for himself, then that which he has sold shall remain in the hand of him who has bought it until the year of jubilee: and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return to his possession.
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God's Economic Reset
The Jubilee year served as a divine economic safety net. Commentators explain that if an Israelite was too poor to buy back their ancestral land, it would automatically return to their family at the Jubilee, completely free of charge. This system was designed to prevent permanent poverty and stop the wealthy from accumulating all the land, ensuring every family kept its God-given inheritance.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
It shall go out - that is, it shall be set free.
19th Century
Anglican
Not able to restore it to him. —This means, if the seller is unable to return to the buyer the probable value of the crops between…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But if he is not able to restore it to him The overplus, or give him what is in proportion to the time he has had it…
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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 …
