Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 25:26
And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;
And if the man have none to redeem it,…. That is, none of kin that was able or willing to redeem it; otherwise no doubt there were persons in the land able to do it at any time, but none he was in connection with, or from whom he could expect such a favour:
and himself be able to redeem it; or if his hand has got, and he has found a sufficiency for his redemption, as the Targum of Jonathan; not that he has found anything that was lost, as Chaskuni glosses it, but by one providence or another, by the blessing of God on his trade and business, is become rich, and it is in the power of his hand to redeem the possession he had sold, he might do it; but, as the same writer observes, he might not borrow and redeem, but must do it with what he had got of his own since the time of sale, and which is also the sense of others d.
d Misn. Eracin, c. 9. 1. Maimon. & Bartenora in ib.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(26) And if the man have none to redeem it.In case, however, he has either no nearest of kin, or if his nearest of kin is himself too poor to perform this duty, which is incumbent upon him, and himself be able to redeem it, that is, after he was compelled, by stress of poverty, to sell the property he has become prosperous, so as to be able to redeem it himself; though not distinctly expressed, it is implied that under these altered circumstances he is obliged to redeem his patrimony himself. According to the canonical law, however, he must not borrow money to redeem it.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
none to redeem it = no redeemer.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
himself be able to redeem it: Heb. his hand hath attained, and found sufficiency, Lev 5:7, *marg.
Reciprocal: Lev 25:10 – every man Lev 25:47 – sojourner or stranger wax rich Lev 25:49 – or if he be Num 5:8 – have no Deu 16:10 – a tribute Jdg 9:33 – as thou shalt find