From today and for the next couple of posts, we’re going to be talking about the concepts and duties of the Kinsman Redeemer. The Kinsmen Redeemer had three different roles to fulfill. We’ve already discussed the first role which was to rescue the land owned by a family member that was in danger of being […]

“Concerning the men and women you may have as slaves: you are to buy men- and women-slaves from the nations surrounding you. You may also buy the children of foreigners living with you and members of their families born in your land; you may own these.”-Leviticus 25:44-45 Today we’re going to deal with a topic that […]

“If a member of your people has become poor among you and sells himself to you, do not make him do the work of a slave. Rather, you are to treat him like an employee or a tenant; he will work for you until the year of Jubilee. Then he will leave you, he and his children […]

“Concerning the cities of the Levites and the houses in the cities they possess, the Levites are to have a permanent right of redemption.  If someone purchases a house from one of the Levites, then the house he sold in the city where he owns property will still revert to him in the Jubilee; because the houses in the […]

“If someone sells a dwelling in a walled city, he has one year after the date of sale in which to redeem it. For a full year he will have the right of redemption; but if he has not redeemed the dwelling in the walled city within the year, then title in perpetuity passes to the […]