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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]

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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  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)
  15. Leviticus 25:32 Or “And”
  16. Leviticus 25:32 Hebrew “of”
  17. Leviticus 25:32 Or “a permanent redemption”; literally “redemption of eternity” or “redemption of long duration”
  18. Leviticus 25:33 Or “and”
  19. 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)
  20. Leviticus 25:33 Literally “the city of his property”
  21. Leviticus 25:33 Hebrew “of”
  22. Leviticus 25:33 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  23. Leviticus 25:34 Or “And”
  24. Leviticus 25:34 Hebrew “the”
  25. Leviticus 25:34 Literally “a property of eternity it is for them” or “a property of long duration it is for them”

29 “If a man sells a residence in a walled city, his right of redemption will last until a year has passed after its sale; his right of redemption will last a year. 30 If it is not redeemed by the end of a full year, then the house in the walled city is permanently transferred to its purchaser throughout his generations. It is not to be released on the Jubilee. 31 But houses in settlements that have no walls around them are to be classified as open fields. The right to redeem such houses stays in effect, and they are to be released at the Jubilee.

32 “Concerning the Levitical cities,(A) the Levites always have the right to redeem houses in the cities they possess. 33 Whatever property one of the Levites can redeem[a]—a house sold in a city they possess—is to be released at the Jubilee, because the houses in the Levitical cities are their possession among the Israelites. 34 The open pastureland around their cities may not be sold, for it is their permanent possession.

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  1. 25:33 Hb obscure