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29 “‘And if a man sells a residential house in a walled city,[a] then[b] it shall be his redemption until completing a year after his selling;[c] its redemption shall last[d] a year.[e] 30 But[f] if it is not redeemed before a full year has passed,[g] then[h] the house that is in the walled city[i] shall belong to the buyer in[j] perpetuity throughout his generations; it shall not go out of the buyer’s hand[k] in the Jubilee. 31 However,[l] village houses that have no surrounding wall shall be considered open country;[m] there is redemption for it, and in the Jubilee it shall go out of the buyer’s hand.[n]

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 25:29 Literally “a house of a dwelling of a city wall”
  2. Leviticus 25:29 Or “and”
  3. Leviticus 25:29 Literally “a year of his selling”
  4. Leviticus 25:29 Literally “shall be”
  5. Leviticus 25:29 Literally “days”
  6. Leviticus 25:30 Or “And”
  7. Leviticus 25:30 Literally “until the fulfilling of for him/it an entire year”
  8. Leviticus 25:30 Or “and”
  9. Leviticus 25:30 Literally “in the city that for it a wall”
  10. Leviticus 25:30 Hebrew “for”
  11. 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)
  12. Leviticus 25:31 Or “And” or “But”
  13. Leviticus 25:31 Literally “the field of the land”
  14. 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)

29 “‘Anyone who sells a house in a walled city retains the right of redemption a full year after its sale. During that time the seller may redeem it. 30 If it is not redeemed before a full year has passed, the house in the walled city shall belong permanently to the buyer and the buyer’s descendants. It is not to be returned in the Jubilee. 31 But houses in villages without walls around them are to be considered as belonging to the open country. They can be redeemed, and they are to be returned in the Jubilee.

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