If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his nearest of kin may come and redeem what his brother has sold. Cross References Leviticus 25:24 Thus for every piece of property you possess, you must provide for the redemption of the land. Leviticus 25:26 Or if a man has no one to redeem it for him, but he prospers and acquires enough to redeem his land, Ruth 2:20 Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, "May he be blessed by the LORD, who has not withdrawn His kindness from the living or the dead." Naomi continued, "The man is a close relative. He is one of our kinsman-redeemers." Ruth 4:3 And he said to the kinsman-redeemer, "Naomi, who has returned from the land of Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech. Ruth 4:4 I thought I should inform you that you may buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do so. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so I may know, because there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you." "I will redeem it," he replied. Ruth 4:6 The kinsman-redeemer replied, "I cannot redeem it myself, or I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I cannot redeem it." Jeremiah 32:7 Behold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, 'Buy for yourself my field in Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it.' Treasury of Scripture If your brother be waxen poor, and has sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold. Ruth 2:20 Ruth 3:2,9,12 Ruth 4:4-6 |