Leviticus 25:29
27 he shall calculate the years since its sale, repay the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and return to his property.
28 But if he cannot obtain enough to repay him, what he sold will remain in possession of the buyer until the Year of Jubilee. In the Jubilee, however, it is to be released, so that he may return to his property.
If a man sells a house in a walled city, he retains his right of redemption until a full year after its sale; during that year it may be redeemed.
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 buyer and his descendants. It is not to be released in the Jubilee.
31 But houses in villages with no walls around them are to be considered as open fields. They may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If a man sells a house in a walled city, he retains his right of redemption until a full year after its sale; during that year it may be redeemed.
- KJV
- And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it.
- WEB
- “‘If a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it has been sold. For a full year he shall have the right of redemption.
- ASV
- And if a man sell a dwelling-house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; for a full year shall he have the right of redemption.
- DARBY
- And if any one sell a dwelling-house in a walled city, then he shall have the right of redemption up to the end of the year of the sale thereof; for a full year shall he have the right of redemption.
- BLB
- And if a man sells a dwelling-house in a walled city, then it shall be that he may redeem it within the completion of a year from its selling; during that year it may be redeemed.
- ÅB
- Når noen selger et våningshus i en by som er omgitt med murer, da skal hans innløsningsrett vare inntil et helt år er gått etter at han har solgt; et år skal hans innløsningsrett vare.
- OTB
- "'Enhver som selger et hus i en by med murer, beholder retten til innløsning i ett helt år etter salget. I løpet av den tiden kan selgeren innløse det.
- B1930
- Når nogen selger et våningshus i en by som er omgitt med murer, da skal hans innløsningsrett vare inntil et helt år er gått efterat han har solgt; et år skal hans innløsningsrett vare.