John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 25:28
But if he be not able to restore it to him ,.... The overplus, or give him what is in proportion to the time he has had it, and yet to come: then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that bought it until the year of the jubilee ; continue in his possession, and he shall enjoy all the benefit of it till that year comes: and in the jubilee it shall go out : out of his hands or possession; or "he shall go out" F7 ויצא "discedet emptor", Junius & Tremellius. ,... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 25:23-38
Here is, I. A law concerning the real estates of the Israelites in the land of Canaan, and the transferring of them. 1. No land should be sold for ever from the family to whose lot it fell in the division of the land. And the reason given is, The land is mine, and you are strangers and sojourners with me, Lev. 25:23. (1.) God having a particular propriety in this land, he would by this restraint keep them sensible of it. The possessions of good people, who, having given up themselves to God,... read more