Leviticus 25:32

“‘Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses in the cities of their possession, the Levites may redeem at any time.

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WEBBE

“‘Nevertheless, in the cities of the Levites, the Levites may redeem the houses in the cities of their possession at any time.

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.

ASV

Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.

BBE

But the houses in the towns of the Levites may be got back by the Levites at any time.

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וְעָרֵי ve·'a·rei and [the] cities of H5892 הַלְוִיִּם hal·vi·yim the Levites H3881 בָּתֵּי ba·tei [the] houses of H1004 עָרֵי 'a·rei [the] cities of H5892 אֲחֻזָּתָם 'a·chu·za·tam possession their H272 גְּאֻלַּת ge·'u·lat a right of redemption of H1353 עוֹלָם o·lam perpetuity H5769 תִּהְיֶה tih·yeh it will belong H1961 לַלְוִיִּם lal·vi·yim to the Levites H3881

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.