Leviticus 25:32
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.
As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the cities they possess.
33 So whatever belongs to the Levites may be redeemed—a house sold in a city they possess—and must be released in the Jubilee, because the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the Israelites.
34 But the open pastureland around their cities may not be sold, for this is their permanent possession.
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.
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- BSB
- As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the cities they possess.
- KJV
- Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
- WEB
- “‘Nevertheless, in the cities of the Levites, the Levites may redeem the houses in the cities of their possession at any time.
- ASV
- Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
- DARBY
- But as to the cities of the Levites, the houses in the cities of their possession, the Levites shall have a perpetual right of redemption.
- BLB
- And as for the cities of the Levites, the houses the Levites shall be a redemption of perpetuity in the cities of their possession.
- ÅB
- Men gjelder det huser i byer som hører levittene til, da skal innløsningsretten vare gjennom alle tider.
- OTB
- "'Levittene har den evige retten til å innløse sine hus i de levittiske byene, som de eier.
- B1930
- Men gjelder det huser i byer som hører levittene til, da skal innløsningsretten vare gjennem alle tider.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 35:1–8
Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:
Read in contextJoshua 21:1–45
Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribes of Israel
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