Leviticus 25:29-34
New King James Version
29 ‘If a man sells a house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year he may redeem it. 30 But if it is not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house in the walled city shall belong permanently to him who bought it, throughout his generations. It shall not be released in the Jubilee. 31 However the houses of villages which have no wall around them shall be counted as the fields of the country. They may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee. 32 Nevertheless (A)the cities of the Levites, and the houses in the cities of their possession, the Levites may redeem at any time. 33 And if a man purchases a house from the Levites, then the house that was sold in the city of his possession shall be released in the Jubilee; for the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel. 34 But (B)the field of the common-land of their cities may not be (C)sold, for it is their perpetual possession.
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Leviticus 25:29-34
Lexham English Bible
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]
32 “‘As for[o] the cities of the Levites, that is, the houses in[p] their property’s cities, it shall be a lasting redemption[q] for the Levites. 33 And whatever anyone redeems from the Levites then[r] must go out of the buyer’s hand[s] in the Jubilee, including a house’s selling in his city’s property,[t] because the houses in[u] the cities of the Levites are their property in the midst of the Israelites.[v] 34 But[w] a[x] field of their cities’ pastureland must not be sold, because it is their property for all time.[y]
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- Leviticus 25:29 Literally “a house of a dwelling of a city wall”
- Leviticus 25:29 Or “and”
- Leviticus 25:29 Literally “a year of his selling”
- Leviticus 25:29 Literally “shall be”
- Leviticus 25:29 Literally “days”
- Leviticus 25:30 Or “And”
- Leviticus 25:30 Literally “until the fulfilling of for him/it an entire year”
- Leviticus 25:30 Or “and”
- Leviticus 25:30 Literally “in the city that for it a wall”
- Leviticus 25:30 Hebrew “for”
- 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)
- Leviticus 25:31 Or “And” or “But”
- Leviticus 25:31 Literally “the field of the land”
- 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)
- Leviticus 25:32 Or “And”
- Leviticus 25:32 Hebrew “of”
- Leviticus 25:32 Or “a permanent redemption”; literally “redemption of eternity” or “redemption of long duration”
- Leviticus 25:33 Or “and”
- Leviticus 25:33 Meaning derived from context; an alternative translation could be “shall not be released” (cf. NKJV, NRSV, ESV, NJPS) or “shall not revert” (NASB, NET)
- Leviticus 25:33 Literally “the city of his property”
- Leviticus 25:33 Hebrew “of”
- Leviticus 25:33 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Leviticus 25:34 Or “And”
- Leviticus 25:34 Hebrew “the”
- Leviticus 25:34 Literally “a property of eternity it is for them” or “a property of long duration it is for them”
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