Leviticus 25:33

The Levites may redeem the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, and it shall be released in the Jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.

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WEBBE

The Levites may redeem the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, and it shall be released in the Jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession amongst the children of Israel.

BSB

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.

ASV

And if one of the Levites redeem, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.

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וַאֲשֶׁר va·'a·sher and that H834 יִגְאַל yig·'al he will redeem H1350 מִן־ min- one of H4480 הַלְוִיִּם hal·vi·yim the Levites H3881 וְיָצָא ve·ya·tza' and it will go out H3318 מִמְכַּר־ mi·kar- [the] sale of H4465 בַּיִת ba·yit [the] house H1004 וְעִיר ve·'ir and [the] city of H5892 אֲחֻזָּתוֹ 'a·chu·za·to possession his H272 בַּיֹּבֵל bai·yo·vel in the jubilee H3104 כִּי ki for H3588 בָתֵּי va·tei [the] houses of H1004 עָרֵי 'a·rei [the] cities of H5892 הַלְוִיִּם hal·vi·yim the Levites H3881 הִוא hi' it H1931 אֲחֻזָּתָם 'a·chu·za·tam [is] possession their H272 בְּתוֹךְ be·tokh in among H8432 בְּנֵי be·nei [the] people of H1121 יִשְׂרָאֵל yis·ra·'el Israel H3478

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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