Leviticus 25:30
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.
29 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.
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.
32 As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the cities they possess.
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 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.
- KJV
- And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.
- WEB
- If it isn’t redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be made sure in perpetuity to him who bought it, throughout his generations. It shall not be released in the Jubilee.
- ASV
- And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be made sure in perpetuity to him that bought it, throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubilee.
- DARBY
- But if it be not redeemed until a whole year is complete, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it, throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubilee.
- BLB
- But if it is not redeemed within the filling for it of a full year, the house that [is] within that walled city, then it shall belong forever to the buyer of it throughout his generations; it shall not be released in the Jubilee.
- ÅB
- Men dersom det ikke blir innløst innen et helt år er til ende, da skal huset, om det ligger i en by med murer omkring, for alle tider tilhøre den som kjøpte det, og hans etterkommere; det skal ikke gis fritt i jubelåret.
- OTB
- Hvis det ikke blir innløst før et helt år har gått, skal huset i den murte byen tilhøre kjøperen og deres etterkommere permanent. Det skal ikke returneres i jubelåret.
- B1930
- Men dersom det ikke blir innløst innen et helt år er til ende, da skal huset, om det ligger i en by med murer omkring, for alle tider tilhøre den som kjøpte det, og hans efterkommere; det skal ikke gis fritt i jubelåret.