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Leviticus 25:26-31 International Children’s Bible (ICB)

26. A person might not have a close relative to buy back his land for him. But he might get enough money to buy it back himself.

27. He must count the years since the land was sold. He must use that number to decide how much to pay for the land. Then he may buy it back. And the land will be his again.

28. But he might not find enough money to buy it back for himself. Then the one who bought it will keep it until the year of Jubilee. But during that celebration, the land will go back to the first owner’s family.

29. “‘Someone may sell a home in a walled city. But, for a full year after he sold it, he has the right to buy it back.

30. But the owner might not buy back the house before a full year is over. If he doesn’t, the house in the walled city will belong to the one who bought it. It will belong to his future sons. The house will not go back to the first owner at Jubilee.

31. But houses in small towns without walls are like open country. They can be bought back. And they must be returned to their first owner at Jubilee.

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