KJV King James Version
After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:
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Leviticus 25:48
After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
he retains the right of redemption after he has sold himself. One of his brothers may redeem him:
WEB World English Bible
after he is sold he may be redeemed. One of his brothers may redeem him;
ASV American Standard Version
after that he is sold he may be redeemed: one of his brethren may redeem him;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
after he hath been sold, there is a right of redemption to him; one of his brethren doth redeem him,
Surrounding context — Leviticus 25
45 Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that [are] with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
46 And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit [them for] a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
47 And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother [that dwelleth] by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger [or] sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger’s family:
48 After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:
49 Either his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or [any] that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself.
50 And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him.
51 If [there be] yet many years [behind], according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
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Nehemiah 5:5Yet now our flesh [is] as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and [some] of our daughters are brought unto bondage [already]: neither [is it] in our power [to redeem them]; for other men have our lands and vineyards.Hebrews 2:11-13For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified [are] all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,Galatians 4:4-5But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,Nehemiah 5:8And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing [to answer].Leviticus 25:35And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: [yea, though he be] a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.Leviticus 25:25If 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.
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