Bible Strands
Leviticus 25:13
In this Year of Jubilee, each of you shall return to his own property.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses addresses the Israelites in the wilderness, giving the operational command for the fiftieth year. The instruction follows the declaration of the year's holiness and precedes regulations on commercial transactions.
The words — תָּשֻׁ֕בוּ (ta.Shu.vu) means "you will return," paired with אֲחֻזָּתוֹ ('a.chu.za.T/o), literally "his possession." The text states that every individual must go back to their original landholding.
The thread — The restoration of property recurs in Leviticus 25:10, which commands the consecration of the fiftieth year, and in Numbers 36:4, which notes that inheritances revert to the original tribe. Leviticus 27:17 also references the Jubilee's impact on land valuation.
Why it lands — The text requires a reader to recognize that economic and territorial boundaries are divinely reset, preventing permanent dispossession. It establishes a structural limit on wealth accumulation and mandates active restitution rather than passive observation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.
Cross-references
- Leviticus 25:10 So you are to consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty in the land for all its inhabitants. It shall be your Jubilee, when each of you is to return to his property and to his clan.
- Leviticus 27:17 If he consecrates his field during the Year of Jubilee, the price will stand according to your valuation.
- Numbers 36:4 And when the Jubilee for the Israelites comes, their inheritance will be added to the tribe into which they marry and taken away from the tribe of our fathers.”