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”
Leviticus 25:29-34
New Living Translation
29 “Anyone who sells a house inside a walled town has the right to buy it back for a full year after its sale. During that year, the seller retains the right to buy it back. 30 But if it is not bought back within a year, the sale of the house within the walled town cannot be reversed. It will become the permanent property of the buyer. It will not be returned to the original owner in the Year of Jubilee. 31 But a house in a village—a settlement without fortified walls—will be treated like property in the countryside. Such a house may be bought back at any time, and it must be returned to the original owner in the Year of Jubilee.
32 “The Levites always have the right to buy back a house they have sold within the towns allotted to them. 33 And any property that is sold by the Levites—all houses within the Levitical towns—must be returned in the Year of Jubilee. After all, the houses in the towns reserved for the Levites are the only property they own in all Israel. 34 The open pastureland around the Levitical towns may never be sold. It is their permanent possession.
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