Leviticus 25:27

he shall calculate the years since its sale, repay the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and return to his property.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Moses addresses the Israelites in the wilderness, outlining the procedural requirement for a man who has regained financial means to reclaim his ancestral land.

The words — חִשַּׁב (chi.shav) means he will calculate or reckon, and עֹדֵף ('o.def) denotes the surplus or remaining value.

The thread — This calculation of time and proportional restitution appears in Leviticus 25:15 for initial land valuation, Leviticus 25:50 for computing the redemption price with the purchaser, and Numbers 35:8 for distributing territory according to inherited portions.

Why it lands — The text commands the buyer to return the unearned portion of the sale price based on the years remaining until the Jubilee, requiring strict financial accuracy over informal or customary claims.

Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.

The Hebrew words

וְחִשַּׁב֙ve./chi.Shavand/ he will calculate אֶת־'et-<obj.>שְׁנֵ֣יshe.Nei[the] years of מִמְכָּר֔וֹmi.ka.R/osale/ its וְהֵשִׁיב֙ve./he.Shivand/ he will repay אֶת־'et-<obj.>הָ֣עֹדֵ֔ףha./'o.Defthe/ surplus לָאִ֖ישׁla./'Ishto the/ person אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sherwhom מָֽכַר־ma.khar-he sold [it]ל֑וֹl/oto <the>/ himוְשָׁ֖בve./Shavand/ he will return לַאֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ׃la./'a.chu.za.T/oto/ possession/ his

King James Version

Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.