John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 25:49
Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him ,.... it is father's brother or his father's brother's son, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan: or any that is nigh kin unto him of his family may redeem him ; from whence it appears, that it must be a near kinsman that has to be the redeemer, as in another case, the redemption of inheritances; hence the same word "goel" signifies both a redeemer and a near kinsman: or if he be able he may redeem himself ; who either has... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 25:48
After that he is sold he may be redeemed again ,.... Though an Heathen, sold to an Israelite, was to be a bondman for ever, and could not be released by the year of jubilee, yet an Israelite sold to an Heathen might be redeemed before, and if not, he was freed then. The Jewish writers understand this of an obligation upon the man, or his friends, or the congregation, to redeem him, and that immediately, as the Targum of Jonathan, and Jarchi, because of the danger he was in by being in the... read more