But if he be not able to restore [it] to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
S'il ne trouve pas de quoi lui faire cette restitution, ce qu'il a vendu restera entre les mains de l'acquéreur jusqu'à l'année du jubilé; au jubilé, il retournera dans sa propriété, et l'acquéreur en sortira.
KJV
But if he be not able to restore [it] to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
nce it prescribes that in the 50th year of the jubilee all that is sold shall return to the vendor ( Lev. 25:28 ). Therefore in this matter the Law gave the people an unfitting command. Objection 4: Further, man's needs require that men should be ready to lend: which readiness ce…
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