Leviticus 25:15-16
25:15 You may buy it from your fellow citizen according to the number of years since 1 the last jubilee; he may sell it to you according to the years of produce that are left. 2
25:16 The more years there are, 3 the more you may make its purchase price, and the fewer years there are, 4 the less you must make its purchase price, because he is only selling to you a number of years of 5 produce.
Leviticus 25:27
25:27 he is to calculate the value of the years it was sold, 6 refund the balance 7 to the man to whom he had sold it, and return to his property.
Leviticus 25:51-52
25:51 If there are still many years, in keeping with them 8 he must refund most of the cost of his purchase for his redemption,
25:52 but if only a few years remain 9 until the jubilee, he must calculate for himself in keeping with the remaining years and refund it for his redemption.
1 tn Heb “in the number of years after.”
2 tn The words “that are left” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.
sn The purchaser is actually buying only the crops that the land will produce until the next jubilee, since the land will revert to the original owner at that time. The purchaser, therefore, is not actually buying the land itself.
3 tn Heb “To the mouth of the many years.”
4 tn Heb “to the mouth of the few years.”
5 tn Heb “a number of produce”; the words “years of” are implied. As an alternative this could be translated “a number of harvests” (cf. NRSV, NLT).
6 tn Heb “and he shall calculate its years of sale.”
7 tn Heb “and return the excess.”
8 tn Heb “to the mouth of them.”
9 tn Heb “but if a little remains in the years.”