Leviticus 25:30

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.

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WEBBE

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.

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.

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.

BBE

And if he does not get it back by the end of the year, then the house in the town will become the property of him who gave the money for it, and of his children for ever; it will not go from him in the year of Jubilee.

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וְאִם ve·'im and if H518 לֹא־ lo'- not H3808 יִגָּאֵל yi·ga·'el it will be redeemed H1350 עַד־ 'ad- until H5704 מְלֹאת me·lot is completed H4390 לוֹ lo to (the) it H9033 שָׁנָה sha·nah a year H8141 תְמִימָה te·mi·mah complete H8549 וְקָם ve·kom and it will stand H6965 הַבַּיִת ha·ba·yit the house H1004 אֲשֶׁר־ 'a·sher- which H834 בָּעִיר ba·'ir [is] in the city H5892 אֲשֶׁר־ 'a·sher- which H834 לוֹ lo [belongs] to (the) it H9033 חֹמָה cho·mah a wall H2346 לַצְּמִיתֻת la·tze·mi·tut to (the) perpetuity H6783 לַקֹּנֶה la·ko·neh to the [one who] bought H7069 אֹתוֹ 'o·to (marks the object) it H853 לְדֹרֹתָיו le·do·ro·tav to generations his H1755 לֹא lo' not H3808 יֵצֵא ye·tze' it will go out H3318 בַּיֹּבֵל bai·yo·vel in the jubilee H3104

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 23–34

If the land were not redeemed before the year of jubilee, it then returned to him that sold or mortgaged it. This was a figure of the free grace of God in Christ; by which, and not by any price or merit of our own, we are restored to the favour of God. Houses in walled cities were more the fruits of their own industry than land in the country, which was the direct gift of God's bounty; therefore if a man sold a house in a city, he might redeem it only within a year after the sale. This encouraged strangers and proselytes to come and settle among them.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.