Leviticus 25 · Verse 15

Leviticus 25:15

According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee:
Leviticus 25:15, King James Version

Leviticus 25:15 in other translations

BSBYou are to buy from your neighbor according to the number of years since the last Jubilee; he is to sell to you according to the number of harvest years remaining.
WEBAccording to the number of years after the Jubilee you shall buy from your neighbor. According to the number of years of the crops he shall sell to you.
ASVAccording to the number of years after the jubilee thou shalt buy of thy neighbor, and according unto the number of years of the crops he shall sell unto thee.
YLTby the number of years after the jubilee thou dost buy from thy fellow; by the number of the years of increase he doth sell to thee;
DARBYAccording to the number of years since the jubilee, thou shalt buy of thy neighbour; according to the number of years of the produce, he shall sell unto thee.
BBELet your exchange of goods with your neighbours have relation to the number of years after the year of Jubilee, and the number of times the earth has given her produce.
WebsterAccording to the number of years after the jubilee thou shalt buy of thy neighbor, and according to the number of years of the fruits he shall sell to thee:

What does Leviticus 25:15 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 According to the number of years - The purchases that were to be made of lands were to be regulated by the number of years unelapsed of the current jubilee. This was something like buying the unexpired term of a lease among us; the purchase is always regulated by the number of years between the time of purchase and the expiration of the term.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 25:8-22

The word "jubilee" signifies a peculiarly animated sound of the silver trumpets. This sound was to be made on the evening of the great day of atonement; for the proclamation of gospel liberty and salvation results from the sacrifice of the Redeemer. It was provided that the lands should not be sold away from their families. They could only be disposed of, as it were, by leases till the year of jubilee, and then…

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Leviticus 25:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בְּמִסְפַּ֤רbe.mis.Parby [the] number ofH4557
שָׁנִים֙sha.NimyearsH8141
אַחַ֣ר'a.CharafterH310
הַיּוֹבֵ֔לhai.yo.Velthe jubileeH3104
תִּקְנֶ֖הtik.Nehyou will buyH7069
מֵאֵ֣תme.'Etfrom withH854
עֲמִיתֶ֑ךָ'a.mi.Te.khafellow citizen yourH5997
בְּמִסְפַּ֥רbe.mis.Parby [the] number ofH4557
שְׁנֵֽי\־she.nei-[the] years ofH8141
תְבוּאֹ֖תte.vu.'Otproduce<s>H8393
יִמְכָּר\־yim.kor-he will sell [it]H4376
לָֽךְ\׃Lakhto <the> you

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Cross references for Leviticus 25:15

  • Leviticus 27:18-23

    But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thy estimation. And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him. And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more. But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the Lord, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest’s. …

  • Philippians 4:5

    Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
27:18-23; Php 4:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Leviticus 25:14

    And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:

  • Leviticus 25:15

    According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee:

  • Leviticus 25:16

    According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.

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Leviticus 25:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Conforme al número de los años después del jubileo comprarás de tu prójimo; conforme al número de los años de los frutos te venderá él á ti.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tu achèteras de ton prochain d’après le nombre des années depuis le Jubilé; il te vendra d’après le nombre des années de rapport.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Nach der Zahl der Jahre seit dem Jubeljahre sollst du von deinem Nächsten kaufen, nach der Zahl der Erntejahre soll er dir verkaufen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et juxta supputationem frugum vendet tibi.