After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:
When poverty drove a Hebrew to sell himself into bondservice, the provision allowed him to be bought back afterward, laying the duty on one of his brethren as near kinsman to effect the redemption. Such injunctions in Leviticus concerning mutual duties embody real practical missionary labor and set forth the principles of Christianity, which constitute the gospel of the Old Testament. The surrounding chapter declares God's oversight of the whole earth, presenting Him as Householder and proprietor of the land while the people dwell upon it as His tenants. That law was designed to foster generosity, to break down narrow stinginess, and to ensure care and provision for the poor.
The kinsman's redemption foreshadows Christ's work, for having become our Kinsman He redeems both us and the inheritance forfeited by sin. For the present the same requirement forbids shutting the heart in selfish refusal when brethren laboring in difficult fields request a favor, and instead calls for active help to them.
When poverty drove a Hebrew to sell himself into bondservice, the provision allowed him to be bought back afterward, laying the duty on one of his brethren as near kinsman to effect the redemption. Such injunctions in Leviticus concerning mutual duties embody real practical missionary labor and set forth the principles of Christianity, which constitute the gospel of the Old Testament. The surrounding chapter declares God's oversight of the whole earth, presenting Him as Householder and proprietor of the land while the people dwell upon it as His tenants. That law was designed to foster generosity, to break down narrow stinginess, and to ensure care and provision for the poor.
The kinsman's redemption foreshadows Christ's work, for having become our Kinsman He redeems both us and the inheritance forfeited by sin. For the present the same requirement forbids shutting the heart in selfish refusal when brethren laboring in difficult fields request a favor, and instead calls for active help to them.