Leviticus 25:34
+ 25:34. Lev 25:34 (Lev 35:32-34) (#1.15): T. Not to sell the open lands and fields around the cities of the Levites / R. Not to sell the fields but they shall remain the Levites’ before and after the Yovel Year ·Shofar blast Year·, also called the Jubilee Year ·Shofar Year· But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
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In The King James Version
But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
In Context
Cross References
Numbers 35:2+ 35:2. Num 35:2 (Num 35:7, 35:1-8, ch 35) (#1.30): To give the Levites cities to dwell in and the surrounding fields “Enjoin the children of Israel [God prevails] to give to the Levites [Descendants of United with] of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in. You shall give suburbs for the cities around them to the Levites [Descendants of United with].
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 25:24-39
23 The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me. 24 And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land. 25 If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold. 26 And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it; 27 Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto… Read the whole commentary →