Leviticus 25:24

Summary

The verse states that throughout the land of one's hereditary possession, the right of redemption must be granted for that land. It establishes a general rule applying to "all" ancestral property, using an active second-person plural verb form.

Key words

• khol ("all", H3605) — construct form governing the entire phrase, signaling universality: "all the land of your possession," not a specific parcel.
• 'eretz ("land", H0776G) — appears twice (once construct, once with the article), framing the verse: the land of possession at the start, "the land" at the end.
• 'achuzzatkhem ("your possession", H0272 + H9026) — construct noun with 2mp suffix, identifying the land as hereditary/possessed property belonging to "you all."
• ge'ullah ("right of redemption", H1353) — feminine singular noun functioning as the direct object of the verb; it names the legal provision being granted, not an action itself.
• titenu ("you will give", H5414K) — qal imperfect, 2mp, expressing a required or habitual future action performed by the addressees as a group.

What the text says

The Hebrew sentence is built on a construct chain — khol 'eretz 'achuzzatkhem ("all the land of your possession") — that functions as a locative phrase governed by the preposition u-ve ("and in"). This phrase sets the scope: wherever the addressees hold hereditary land. The core clause follows: ge'ullah titenu ("redemption you will give"), with ge'ullah placed before the verb titenu, giving it emphasis as the object under discussion. The final phrase, la'aretz ("to the land"), uses the preposition le with the article on 'eretz, marking the land as the recipient or beneficiary of this "giving" of redemption rights.

The qal imperfect titenu does not describe a single event but a standing obligation applicable to the group addressed (2mp), consistent with legal or customary instruction rather than narrative action. The repetition of 'eretz (once construct with "possession," once absolute with the article) creates a frame: the land held is subject to the article-marked "land" for which redemption is granted — the same referent viewed from two angles (as possessed property, and as land requiring provision).

Differences between versions

The LXX renders ge'ullah ("right of redemption") with λύτρα ("ransom-price," plural), shifting from an abstract legal right to concrete payment terms, and uses a genitive τῆς γῆς ("of the land") rather than a dative-equivalent construction, slightly altering the relationship between the giving and the land.

The Vulgate diverges more substantially: it renders the clause as sub redemptionis conditione vendetur ("will be sold under the condition of redemption"), introducing a passive verb ("will be sold") not present in the Hebrew, and shifting the grammatical subject from the addressees ("you will give") to the land itself as the passive subject of a sale.