cSee Neh. 5:1-5
kSee Deut. 25:7-10
Leviticus 25:23
Redemption of Property
23“The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for athe land is mine. For you are strangers and sojourners with me.Leviticus 25:34
34But the fields bof pastureland belonging to their cities may not be sold, for that is their possession forever.Leviticus 25:49
49or his uncle or his cousin may credeem him, or a close relative from his clan may redeem him. Or if he dgrows rich he may redeem himself.Numbers 35:2
2 e“Command the people of Israel to give to the Levites some of the inheritance of their possession as cities for them to dwell in. And you shall give to the Levites pasturelands around the cities.Ruth 4:4-9
4So I thought I would tell you of it and say, f‘Buy it in the presence of those sitting here and in the presence of the elders of my people.’ If you will redeem it, redeem it. But if you ▼▼Hebrew he
will not, tell me, that I may know, for there is no one besides you to redeem it, and I come after you.” And he said, “I will redeem it.” 5Then Boaz said, “The day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you also acquire Ruth ▼▼Masoretic Text you also buy it from Ruth
the Moabite, the widow of the dead, in order ito perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance.” 6 jThen the redeemer said, “I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I impair my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption yourself, for I cannot redeem it.” 7 kNow this was the custom in former times in Israel concerning redeeming and exchanging: to confirm a transaction, the one drew off his sandal and gave it to the other, and this was the manner of attesting in Israel. 8So when the redeemer said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself,” he drew off his sandal. 9Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses this day that I have bought from the hand of Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to lChilion and to Mahlon.
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