Read Leviticus 25 here or at Bible Gateway.
The Hebrew paragraphs:
25:1-7 {s} Law of the seventh year Sabbath of the land
25:8-24 {s} Law of the 50th year of Jubilee
25:25-28 {s} Law of redemption of land in the year of Jubilee
25:29-34 {s} Law of redemption of houses in the year of Jubilee
25:35-38 {s} Law of lending to the poor of the children of Israel
25:39-46 {s} The law of redemption of servants of the children of Israel (Jubilee)
25:47-26:2 {p} The law of the redemption price of the children of Israel (Jubilee)
25:1-26:2 {sx6+p} Strong theme: The law of the Sabbaths (seventh year + Jubilee)
Leviticus chapter 25 makes a Chiastic Structure:
The law of the Jubilee is the law of redemption from bondage.
“Redemption” is from גאל ga’al , Strong’s H1350, a verbal root meaning, “to redeem, to buy back.” The ancient pictographs are gimel + aleph + lamed.
gimel ג = foot, thus foot, walk, gather
aleph א = ox head, thus strength, power, leader
lamed ל = shepherd’s staff, thus teach, yoke, to, bind
The cognate words will help us find the Hebrew Root Word parable. The most common of them has the meaning of “to roll; round,” with others signifying round objects, or a circle, because to walk (gimel) as authority (aleph) has taught us (lamed) to walk, is to observe the holy days through the circle of the year, year after year. Inherent in the root is the concept of something coming around again for a second time. To redeem, then, is to let someone or something see another day, to return to their life again, to receive a second chance.
“Redemption” is the abstract concept, from the verbal root “to redeem.” The concrete noun between them is the kinsman-redeemer, the next of kin who redeems his relative if he comes into bondage or if he must sell his inheritance in a time of poverty. The kinsman-redeemer gives their kinsman a second chance. For us, YHVH Himself has stepped in, in Messiah Yeshua, and made Himself our Kinsman-Redeemer.
And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draws near. Luk 21:27-28
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace. Eph 1:7
Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered in once into the Holy Place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. Heb 9:12
And they sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for You were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; and have made us kings and priests unto our God, and we shall reign on the earth.” Rev 5:9-10
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