Leviticus 25:29–34 LEB - “ ‘And if a man sells a…

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Leviticus 25:29–34

29 “ ‘And if a man sells ⌊a residential house in a walled city⌋,z thena it shall be his redemption until completing ⌊a year after his selling⌋;b its redemption ⌊shall last⌋c ⌊a year⌋.d 30 Bute if it is not redeemed ⌊before a full year has passed⌋,f theng the house that is ⌊in the walled city⌋h shall belong to the buyer ini perpetuity throughout his generations; it shall not go out of the buyer’s handj in the Jubilee. 31 However,k village houses that have no surrounding wall shall be considered ⌊open country⌋;l there is redemption for it, and in the Jubilee it shall go out of the buyer’s hand.m

32 “ ‘As forn the cities of the Levites, that is, the houses ino their property’s cities, it shall be ⌊a lasting redemption⌋p for the Levites. 33 And whatever anyone redeems from the Levites thenq must go out of the buyer’s handr in the Jubilee, including a house’s selling ⌊in his city’s property⌋,s because the houses int the cities of the Levites are their property in the midst of the ⌊Israelites⌋.u 34 Butv aw field of their cities’ pastureland must not be sold, because ⌊it is their property for all time⌋.x

z	Literally “a house of a dwelling of a city wall”
a	Or “and”
b	Literally “a year of his selling”
c	Literally “shall be”
d	Literally “days”
e	Or “And”
f	Literally “until the fulfilling of for him/it an entire year”
g	Or “and”
h	Literally “in the city that for it a wall”
i	Hebrew “for”
j	Meaning derived from context; an alternative translation could be “shall not be released” (cf. NKJV, NRSV, ESV, NJPS) or “shall not revert” (NASB, NET)
k	Or “And” or “But”
l	Literally “the field of the land”
m	Meaning derived from context; an alternative translation could be “shall not be released” (cf. NKJV, NRSV, ESV, NJPS) or “shall not revert” (NASB, NET)
n	Or “And”
o	Hebrew “of”
p	Or “a permanent redemption”; literally “redemption of eternity” or “redemption of long duration”
q	Or “and”
r	Meaning derived from context; an alternative translation could be “shall not be released” (cf. NKJV, NRSV, ESV, NJPS) or “shall not revert” (NASB, NET)
s	Literally “the city of his property”
t	Hebrew “of”
u	Literally “sons/children of Israel”
v	Or “And”
w	Hebrew “the”
x	Literally “a property of eternity it is for them” or “a property of long duration it is for them”