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Or if they prosper, they may redeem themselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/25.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />an uncle, or a cousin. In fact, anyone from the extended family may buy them back. They may also redeem themselves if they have prospered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/25.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />or his uncle or his cousin may redeem him, or a close relative from his clan may redeem him. Or if he grows rich he may redeem himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/25.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />either his uncle or cousin or any close relative from his clan may redeem him. Or if he prospers, he may redeem himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/25.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or <i>any</i> that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/25.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />or his uncle or his uncle’s son may redeem him; or <i>anyone</i> who is near of kin to him in his family may redeem him; or if he is able he may redeem himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />or his uncle, or his uncle’s son may redeem him, or one of his blood relatives from his family may redeem him; or if he prospers, he may redeem himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/25.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />or his uncle, or his uncle&#8217s son, may redeem him, or one of his blood relatives from his family may redeem him; or if he prospers, he may redeem himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />or his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or one of his blood relatives from his family may redeem him; or if he prospers, he may redeem himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />or his uncle or his uncle’s son may redeem him, or one of his blood relatives from his family may redeem him; or if he prospers, he may redeem himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />either his uncle or his uncle’s son may redeem him, or one of his blood relatives from his family may redeem him; or if he prospers, he may redeem himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />His uncle or cousin may redeem him, or any of his close relatives from his clan may redeem him. If he prospers, he may redeem himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />His uncle or cousin may redeem him, or any of his close relatives from his clan may redeem him. If he prospers, he may redeem himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/25.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />or 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 waxed rich, he may redeem himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/25.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />or uncle or cousin, or some other family member. In fact, if you ever get enough money, you may buy your own freedom <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/25.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />or 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 waxen rich, he may redeem himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />His uncle, his cousin, or some other relative could also buy him back. If he becomes rich, he could buy his own freedom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/25.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />or an uncle or a cousin or another close relative may buy them back; or if they themselves earn enough, they may buy their own freedom. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/25.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />His uncle or his uncle's son may redeem him or any blood relative from his tribe may redeem him. If he becomes rich, then he may redeem himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />either his uncle or cousin or any close relative from his clan may redeem him. Or if he prospers, he may redeem himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/25.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />or his uncle or his cousin may redeem him, or anyone of the rest of his blood relatives--his family--may redeem him, or if he prospers he may redeem himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />or his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any who is a close relative to him of his family may redeem him; or if he has grown rich, he may redeem himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Either his uncle, or his uncle's son may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin to him of his family, may redeem him; or if he is able, he may redeem himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/25.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />or his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or any who is a close relative to him of his family may redeem him; or if he has grown rich, he may redeem himself. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />or his uncle or a son of his uncle redeems him, or any of the relations of his flesh, of his family, redeems him, or [if] his own hand has attained [means] then he has been redeemed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> or his uncle, or a son of his uncle, doth redeem him, or any of the relations of his flesh, of his family, doth redeem him, or -- his own hand hath attained -- then he hath been redeemed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Or his uncle, or his uncle's son shall redeem him, or from the remainder of his flesh from his family, shall redeem him; or his hand attained, and he redeemed himself.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, or his kinsman, by blood, or by affinity. But if he himself be able also, he shall redeem himself, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />either the paternal uncle, or the paternal uncle’s son, or his close relative, by blood or by affinity. But if he himself will be able also, he shall redeem himself,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/25.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />by an uncle or cousin, or by some other relative from their family; or, having acquired the means, they may pay the redemption price themselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />or their uncle or their uncle’s son may redeem them, or anyone of their family who is of their own flesh may redeem them; or if they prosper they may redeem themselves.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Either his uncle or his uncle's son may redeem him, or any of his near kin belonging to his family may redeem him; or if he can afford it, he may redeem himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Or a paternal uncle, or the son of a paternal uncle shall redeem him; one near of his flesh from his tribe shall redeem him, and if he shall have enough in his hands he shall be redeemed.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />or 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 waxen rich, he may redeem himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />A brother of his father, or a son of his father's brother shall redeem him; or let one of his near kin of his tribe redeem him, and if he should be rich and redeem himself,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/25-49.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=7038" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/25.htm">Redemption of Servants</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">48</span>he retains the right of redemption after he has sold himself. One of his brothers may redeem him: <span class="reftext">49</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw- (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if.">either</a> <a href="/hebrew/1730.htm" title="1730: ḏō·ḏōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Or dod; from an unused root meaning properly, to boil, i.e. to love; by implication, a love- token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle.">his uncle</a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ḇen- (N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">cousin</a> <a href="/hebrew/1730.htm" title="1730: dō·ḏōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Or dod; from an unused root meaning properly, to boil, i.e. to love; by implication, a love- token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1350.htm" title="1350: yiḡ·’ā·len·nū (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms:: 3mse) -- To redeem, act as kinsman. A primitive root, to redeem, i.e. To be the next of kin."></a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw- (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/7607.htm" title="7607: miš·šə·’êr (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- Flesh. From sha'ar; flesh, as living or for food; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood.">any close relative</a> <a href="/hebrew/1320.htm" title="1320: bə·śā·rōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Flesh. From basar; flesh; by extension, body, person; also The pudenda of a man."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4940.htm" title="4940: mim·miš·paḥ·tōw (Prep-m:: N-fsc:: 3ms) -- From shaphah; a family, i.e. Circle of relatives; figuratively, a class, a species or sort; by extens. A tribe or people.">from his clan</a> <a href="/hebrew/1350.htm" title="1350: yiḡ·’ā·len·nū (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms:: 3mse) -- To redeem, act as kinsman. A primitive root, to redeem, i.e. To be the next of kin.">may redeem him.</a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw- (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if.">Or if</a> <a href="/hebrew/5381.htm" title="5381: hiś·śî·ḡāh (V-Hifil-Perf-3fs) -- To reach, overtake. A primitive root; to reach.">he prospers,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)"></a> <a href="/hebrew/1350.htm" title="1350: wə·niḡ·’āl (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To redeem, act as kinsman. A primitive root, to redeem, i.e. To be the next of kin.">he may redeem himself.</a> </span><span class="reftext">50</span>He and his purchaser will then count the time from the year he sold himself up to the Year of Jubilee. The price of his sale will be determined by the number of years, based on the daily wages of a hired hand.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ruth/4-4.htm">Ruth 4:4-6</a></span><br />I thought I should inform you that you may buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do so. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so I may know, because there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.” “I will redeem it,” he replied. / Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi and also from Ruth the Moabitess, you must also acquire the widow of the deceased in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance.” / The kinsman-redeemer replied, “I cannot redeem it myself, or I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I cannot redeem it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/5-8.htm">Nehemiah 5:8</a></span><br />and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/32-7.htm">Jeremiah 32:7-8</a></span><br />Behold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, ‘Buy for yourself my field in Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it.’ / Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’” Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/4-4.htm">Galatians 4:4-5</a></span><br />But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, / to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/52-3.htm">Isaiah 52:3</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-20.htm">1 Corinthians 6:20</a></span><br />you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/6-6.htm">Exodus 6:6</a></span><br />Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/1-7.htm">Ephesians 1:7</a></span><br />In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/49-7.htm">Psalm 49:7-8</a></span><br />No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God. / For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-24.htm">Romans 3:24</a></span><br />and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-1.htm">Isaiah 43:1</a></span><br />But now, this is what the LORD says—He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-18.htm">1 Peter 1:18-19</a></span><br />For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers, / but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/19-25.htm">Job 19:25</a></span><br />But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/1-14.htm">Colossians 1:14</a></span><br />in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-22.htm">Isaiah 44:22</a></span><br />I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is near of kin to him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself.</p><p class="hdg">or if he be</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/25-26.htm">Leviticus 25:26</a></b></br> And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/25-35.htm">Able</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-26.htm">Attained</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-34.htm">Belonging</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-27.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-47.htm">Clan</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-2.htm">Close</a> <a href="/colossians/4-10.htm">Cousin</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-19.htm">Either</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-47.htm">Family</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-13.htm">Father's</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-6.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-47.htm">Gets</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-47.htm">Grown</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-11.htm">Grows</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-35.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-25.htm">Kin</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-26.htm">Kinsman</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-35.htm">Means</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-47.htm">Money</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-23.htm">Nigh</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-26.htm">Prospers</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-48.htm">Redeem</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-25.htm">Relation</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-13.htm">Relations</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-4.htm">Relative</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-48.htm">Relatives</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-47.htm">Rich</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-47.htm">Sufficient</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-20.htm">Uncle</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-20.htm">Uncle's</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-39.htm">Waxed</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-47.htm">Waxen</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/26-26.htm">Able</a> <a href="/2_samuel/23-19.htm">Attained</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-2.htm">Belonging</a> <a href="/numbers/18-17.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/numbers/2-34.htm">Clan</a> <a href="/numbers/5-8.htm">Close</a> <a href="/esther/2-7.htm">Cousin</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-12.htm">Either</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-16.htm">Family</a> <a href="/numbers/1-4.htm">Father's</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-29.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/1_samuel/16-2.htm">Gets</a> <a href="/numbers/11-23.htm">Grown</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-23.htm">Grows</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-25.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/25-5.htm">Kin</a> <a href="/numbers/5-8.htm">Kinsman</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-54.htm">Means</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-50.htm">Money</a> <a href="/numbers/1-51.htm">Nigh</a> <a href="/ezra/5-8.htm">Prospers</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-13.htm">Redeem</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-50.htm">Relation</a> <a href="/numbers/10-30.htm">Relations</a> <a href="/numbers/5-8.htm">Relative</a> <a href="/numbers/10-30.htm">Relatives</a> <a href="/numbers/13-20.htm">Rich</a> <a href="/numbers/11-22.htm">Sufficient</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-14.htm">Uncle</a> <a href="/esther/2-7.htm">Uncle's</a> <a href="/numbers/11-23.htm">Waxed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-5.htm">Waxen</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 25</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-1.htm">the Sabbath of the seventh year</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-8.htm">The jubilee in the fiftieth year</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-14.htm">Of oppression</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-18.htm">A blessing of obedience</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-23.htm">The redemption of land</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-29.htm">Of houses</a></span><br><span class="reftext">35. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-35.htm">Compassion to the poor</a></span><br><span class="reftext">39. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-39.htm">The usage of bondmen</a></span><br><span class="reftext">47. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-47.htm">The redemption of servants</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The mention of an "uncle or cousin or any close relative" highlights the importance of family and kinship in ancient Israelite society. The Hebrew term "goel" (redeemer) is significant here, as it refers to a family member who has the responsibility to restore the economic and social well-being of a relative. This practice ensured that families could maintain their inheritance and social standing. The role of the redeemer is a precursor to the concept of Jesus Christ as the ultimate Redeemer, who restores humanity's relationship with God. The idea of a close relative stepping in to redeem is also seen in the story of Ruth and Boaz, where Boaz acts as a kinsman-redeemer.<p><b>Or if he prospers, he may redeem himself.</b><br>This phrase introduces the possibility of self-redemption, which underscores the value of personal responsibility and initiative. In the ancient Near Eastern context, economic hardship could lead to a person selling themselves into servitude. However, the provision for self-redemption allowed individuals the opportunity to regain their freedom and property if their circumstances improved. This reflects the biblical principle of hope and restoration, emphasizing that one's current situation is not necessarily permanent. Theologically, this can be seen as a metaphor for spiritual redemption, where individuals are encouraged to seek reconciliation with God. The notion of self-redemption also aligns with the broader biblical theme of repentance and renewal, as seen in passages like <a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">2 Chronicles 7:14</a>, where turning back to God leads to healing and restoration.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/u/uncle_or_cousin.htm">Uncle or Cousin</a></b><br>These family members are mentioned as potential redeemers, highlighting the importance of family responsibility and kinship in ancient Israelite society.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/c/close_relative.htm">Close Relative</a></b><br>This term broadens the scope of who can act as a redeemer, emphasizing the communal and familial obligations within the clan.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_redeemed_individual.htm">The Redeemed Individual</a></b><br>This person is in a situation of servitude or debt, and the passage outlines the means by which they can be freed.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_clan.htm">The Clan</a></b><br>Represents the extended family unit in Israel, which plays a crucial role in social and economic support systems.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/r/redemption.htm">Redemption</a></b><br>A key event or process in this context, involving the liberation of an individual from debt or servitude through the intervention of a family member or personal prosperity.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_family_in_redemption.htm">The Role of Family in Redemption</a></b><br>The passage underscores the responsibility of family members to support and redeem one another, reflecting God's design for community and mutual aid.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/personal_responsibility_and_prosperity.htm">Personal Responsibility and Prosperity</a></b><br>The provision for self-redemption highlights the importance of personal responsibility and the potential for individuals to improve their circumstances through diligence and God's blessing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_redemption.htm">Spiritual Redemption</a></b><br>This physical redemption serves as a foreshadowing of the spiritual redemption offered through Christ, encouraging believers to reflect on their own redemption from sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_support_systems.htm">Community Support Systems</a></b><br>The text encourages the development of strong community support systems, where members actively seek the welfare of one another, mirroring the biblical model.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_and_sovereignty.htm">God's Provision and Sovereignty</a></b><br>The ability to redeem oneself or be redeemed by a family member is ultimately a reflection of God's provision and sovereignty in the lives of His people.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_25.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 25</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_was_the_2017_jubilee_event.htm">What is the Jubilee celebration in 2017?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_god_demand_death_for_molek_rites.htm">In Leviticus 20:2-5, why would an omniscient God require death for sacrificing children to Molek, yet historically many other cultures that practiced similar rites seemingly flourished?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_permit_biblical_genocides.htm">Why does God allow genocides to happen, including those commanded in the Bible (Numbers 31:17-18)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_god_view_re-enslavement_vs._slavery.htm">Jeremiah 34:11-17 - How does God's condemnation of re-enslavement align with other passages where slavery was permitted (e.g., Leviticus 25)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/25.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(49) <span class= "bld">Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him.</span>--That is, any of his relatives are to redeem him, which is not the case when an Israelite sells himself to one of his own nation. Hence the Jewish canons enacted that "if a Hebrew is sold to a stranger, and is unable to redeem himself, his kinsmen must redeem, nay, the Sanhedrin are to compel his kinsmen to redeem him lest he should be lost among the heathen. If his kindred do not redeem him, and if he cannot redeem himself, every man of Israel is commanded to redeem him. But if he is sold to an Israelite his kindred may not redeem him, nor may he borrow money to redeem himself, nor redeem himself by instalments." In accordance with this injunction we find the Jews declare "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?" (<a href="/nehemiah/5-8.htm" title="And I said to them, We after our ability have redeemed our brothers the Jews, which were sold to the heathen; and will you even sell your brothers? or shall they be sold to us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.">Nehemiah 5:8</a>).<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/25-49.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">either</span><br /><span class="heb">אוֹ־</span> <span class="translit">(’ōw-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_176.htm">Strong's 176: </a> </span><span class="str2">Desire, if</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his uncle</span><br /><span class="heb">דֹד֞וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(ḏō·ḏōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1730.htm">Strong's 1730: </a> </span><span class="str2">To love, a love-token, lover, friend, an uncle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or</span><br /><span class="heb">א֤וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(’ōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_176.htm">Strong's 176: </a> </span><span class="str2">Desire, if</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cousin,</span><br /><span class="heb">בֶן־</span> <span class="translit">(ḇen-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or</span><br /><span class="heb">אֽוֹ־</span> <span class="translit">(’ōw-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_176.htm">Strong's 176: </a> </span><span class="str2">Desire, if</span><br /><br /><span class="word">any close relative</span><br /><span class="heb">מִשְּׁאֵ֧ר</span> <span class="translit">(miš·šə·’êr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7607.htm">Strong's 7607: </a> </span><span class="str2">Flesh, as living, for, food, food of any kind, kindred by blood</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from his clan,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִמִּשְׁפַּחְתּ֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(mim·miš·paḥ·tōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4940.htm">Strong's 4940: </a> </span><span class="str2">A family, circle of relatives, a class, a species, sort, a tribe, people</span><br /><br /><span class="word">may redeem him.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִגְאָלֶ֑נּוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yiḡ·’ā·len·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1350.htm">Strong's 1350: </a> </span><span class="str2">To redeem, act as kinsman</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Or if</span><br /><span class="heb">אֽוֹ־</span> <span class="translit">(’ōw-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_176.htm">Strong's 176: </a> </span><span class="str2">Desire, if</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he prospers,</span><br /><span class="heb">הִשִּׂ֥יגָה</span> <span class="translit">(hiś·śî·ḡāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5381.htm">Strong's 5381: </a> </span><span class="str2">To reach, overtake</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he may redeem himself.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנִגְאָֽל׃</span> <span class="translit">(wə·niḡ·’āl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1350.htm">Strong's 1350: </a> </span><span class="str2">To redeem, act as kinsman</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/25-49.htm">Leviticus 25:49 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/25-49.htm">Leviticus 25:49 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/25-49.htm">Leviticus 25:49 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/25-49.htm">Leviticus 25:49 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/25-49.htm">Leviticus 25:49 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/25-49.htm">Leviticus 25:49 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/25-49.htm">Leviticus 25:49 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/25-49.htm">Leviticus 25:49 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/25-49.htm">Leviticus 25:49 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/25-49.htm">Leviticus 25:49 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/25-49.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 25:49 Or his uncle or his uncle's son (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/25-48.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 25:48"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 25:48" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/25-50.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 25:50"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 25:50" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>