but then he may go free, he and his children with him, and may return to his family and to the property of his ancestors.

Why should the name of our father be lost from among his family because he had no son? Give us a possession among the relatives of our father.”

He showed them a secret entrance into the city, and they put the city to the sword. But they let the man and his extended family leave safely.

So you must consecrate the fiftieth year, and you must proclaim a release in the land for all its inhabitants. That year will be your jubilee; each one of you must return to his property and each one of you must return to his clan.