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30 But[a] if it is not redeemed before a full year has passed,[b] then[c] the house that is in the walled city[d] shall belong to the buyer in[e] perpetuity throughout his generations; it shall not go out of the buyer’s hand[f] in the Jubilee. 31 However,[g] village houses that have no surrounding wall shall be considered open country;[h] there is redemption for it, and in the Jubilee it shall go out of the buyer’s hand.[i]

32 “‘As for[j] the cities of the Levites, that is, the houses in[k] their property’s cities, it shall be a lasting redemption[l] for the Levites.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 25:30 Or “And”
  2. Leviticus 25:30 Literally “until the fulfilling of for him/it an entire year”
  3. Leviticus 25:30 Or “and”
  4. Leviticus 25:30 Literally “in the city that for it a wall”
  5. Leviticus 25:30 Hebrew “for”
  6. Leviticus 25:30 Meaning derived from context; an alternative translation could be “shall not be released” (cf. NKJV, NRSV, ESV, NJPS) or “shall not revert” (NASB, NET)
  7. Leviticus 25:31 Or “And” or “But”
  8. Leviticus 25:31 Literally “the field of the land”
  9. Leviticus 25:31 Meaning derived from context; an alternative translation could be “shall not be released” (cf. NKJV, NRSV, ESV, NJPS) or “shall not revert” (NASB, NET)
  10. Leviticus 25:32 Or “And”
  11. Leviticus 25:32 Hebrew “of”
  12. Leviticus 25:32 Or “a permanent redemption”; literally “redemption of eternity” or “redemption of long duration”