Leviticus 25:25 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised If your brother becomes destitute and sells part of his property, his nearest relative may come and redeem what his brother has sold. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If your brother has become poor and has sold some of his property, if any of his kin comes to redeem it, he shall [be allowed to] redeem what his brother has sold. American Standard Version (1901) If thy brother be waxed poor, and sell some of his possession, then shall his kinsman that is next unto him come, and shall redeem that which his brother hath sold. Common English Bible When one of your fellow Israelites faces financial difficulty and must sell part of their family property, the closest relative will come and buy back what their fellow Israelite has sold. Catholic Public Domain Version If your brother, being in need, will have sold his little possession and his close relative is willing, he is able to redeem what he had sold. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If thy brother being impoverished sell his little possession, and his kinsman will: he may redeem what he had sold. |
If a man has no family redeemer, but he prospers and obtains enough to redeem his land,
‘If a foreigner or temporary resident living among you prospers, but your brother living near him becomes destitute and sells himself to the foreigner living among you, or to a member of the resident foreigner’s clan,
‘If a person consecrates to the Lord a field he has purchased that is not part of his inherited landholding,
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ: Though he was rich, for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.
And they sang a new song: You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slaughtered, and you purchased people for God by your blood from every tribe and language and people and nation.
Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, ‘May the Lord bless him because he has not abandoned his kindness to the living or the dead.’ Naomi continued, ‘The man is a close relative. He is one of our family redeemers.’
Yes, it is true that I am a family redeemer, but there is a redeemer closer than I am.
Now isn’t Boaz our relative? Haven’t you been working with his female servants? This evening he will be winnowing barley on the threshing-floor.
So he asked, ‘Who are you? ’ ‘I am Ruth, your servant,’ she replied. “Take me under your wing, , for you are a family redeemer.’
He said to the redeemer, ‘Naomi, who has returned from the territory of Moab, is selling the portion of the field that belonged to our brother Elimelech.