John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 25:16
According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof ,.... More was to be asked and required, and should be given for an estate, when, for instance, there were thirty years to the year of jubilee, than when there were but twenty: and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it ; if it wanted but five, or six, or ten years unto it, then, in proportion, less was to be insisted upon and given: for according to the number of the years of... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 25:8-22
Here is, I. The general institution of the jubilee, Lev. 25:8-22 1. When it was to be observed: after seven sabbaths of years (Lev. 25:8), whether the forty-ninth or fiftieth is a great question among learned men: that it should be the seventh sabbatical year, that is, the forty-ninth (which by a very common form of speech is called the fiftieth), seems to me most probable, and is, I think, made pretty clear and the objections removed by that learned chronologer Calvisius; but this is not a... read more