the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Leviticus 25:32
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Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
"‘As for the cities of the Levites, that is, the houses in their property's cities, it shall be a lasting redemption for the Levites.
As for the cities of the Levites, the houses in the cities which they possess, the Levites must have a perpetual right of redemption.
'As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites have a permanent right of redemption for the houses in the cities which they possess.
'As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites have a permanent right of redemption for the houses of the cities which are their possession.
Notwithstanding, the cities of the Leuites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Leuites redeeme at all seasons.
As for cities of the Levites, the Levites have a permanent right of redemption for the houses of the cities which are their possession.
If any Levites own houses inside a walled city, they will always have the right to buy them back.
"‘Concerning the cities of the L'vi'im and the houses in the cities they possess, the L'vi'im are to have a permanent right of redemption.
But as to the cities of the Levites, the houses in the cities of their possession, the Levites shall have a perpetual right of redemption.
"But about the cities of the Levites: The Levites can buy back at any time their houses in the cities that belong to them.
As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites may redeem at any time the houses in the cities they possess.
Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses which are in the cities of their possession, the Levites shall have the right to redeem for ever.
However, Levites have the right to buy back at any time their property in the cities assigned to them.
“Concerning the Levitical cities, the Levites always have the right to redeem houses in the cities they possess.
As to the cities of the Levites, houses of the cities of their possession, never ending redemption rights shall be to the Levites.
The cities of the Leuites, and the houses in the cities that their possession is in, maye allwaye be redemed.
Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
But the houses in the towns of the Levites may be got back by the Levites at any time.
Notwithstandyng, the cities of the Leuites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Leuites redeeme at all seasons.
But as for the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, the Levites shall have a perpetual right of redemption.
Notwithstanding, the cities of the Leuites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Leuites redeeme at any time.
And the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities in their possession, shall be always redeemable to the Levites.
Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the cities they possess.
The howsis of dekenes, that ben in citees, moun euer be ayenbouyt; if tho ben not ayenbouyt,
`As to cities of the Levites -- houses of the cities of their possession -- redemption age-during is to the Levites;
Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, the Levites may redeem at any time.
Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, [and] the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, and the houses in the cities of their possession, the Levites may redeem at any time.
"The Levites always have the right to buy back a house they have sold within the towns allotted to them.
The houses in the cities of the Levites may be returned to the Levites at any time.
As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites shall forever have the right of redemption of the houses in the cities belonging to them.
And as for the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, an age-abiding right of redemption, shall pertain unto the Levites.
The houses of Levites, which are in cities, may always be redeemed.
Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses in the cities of their possession, the Levites may redeem at any time.
"As to the Levitical cities, houses in the cities owned by the Levites are always subject to redemption. Levitical property is always redeemable if it is sold in a town that they hold and reverts to them in the Jubilee, because the houses in the towns of the Levites are their property among the People of Israel. The pastures belonging to their cities may not be sold; they are their permanent possession.
'As for cities of the Levites, the Levites have a permanent right of redemption for the houses of the cities which are their possession.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the cities: As the Levites had no inheritance in Israel, but only cities to dwell in; and consequently the houses in these cities were all they could call their own, therefore they could not be ultimately alienated. Numbers 35:2-8, Joshua 21:1-45
Cross-References
"Suppose two men disagree about who owns something—whether ox, donkey, sheep, clothing, or something else that is lost. If each says, ‘This is mine,' each man must bring his case to God. God's judges will decide who is guilty, and that person must pay the other man twice as much as the object is worth.
Who is the Almighty that we should serve him? What would we gain by praying to him?'
They said to God, ‘Leave us alone! The Almighty can do nothing to us.'
because he says, ‘It is no use to try to please God.'
"You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God. It did no good to obey his laws and to show the Lord All-Powerful that we were sorry for what we did.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Notwithstanding, the cities of the Levites,.... The six cities of refuge, and forty two others; these and the houses in them are excepted from the above law, and only they; not such as they might purchase elsewhere; wherefore it follows,
[and] the houses of the cities of their possession; which were in cities possessed by them, and which was their possession, and given them as such:
may the Levites redeem at any time; they were not restrained to a year, as houses in walled towns, but they might redeem them as they pleased or could; and if they did not redeem them within the year, they might redeem them afterwards, even years after, and any time before the year of jubilee; so it is said in the Misnah l the priests and the Levites sell always, and they redeem always, as it is said, Leviticus 25:32; on which one of the commentators says m "they sell always", not as the Israelites, who cannot sell less than two years before the jubilee; but the Levites can sell near the jubilee: "and they redeem always"; if they sell houses in walled cities, they are not confirmed at the end of the year, as the houses of Israelites; and if they sell fields, it is not necessary they should remain in the hands of the buyer two years, but they may redeem them immediately if they will: this redemption was peculiar to the Levites; for if an Israelite has an inheritance from his father's mother, a Levite, he might not redeem according to the manner Levites did, but according to Israelites; and so a Levite that inherited from his father's mother, an Israelite, was obliged to redeem as an Israelite and not as a Levite n; for this perpetual redemption respected only houses that were in the cities of the Levites.
l Eracin, c. 9. sect. 8. m Bartenora in ib. n Misn. Eracin, c. 9. sect. 8.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Rather, And concerning the cities of the Levites, the houses in the cities of their possession, etc. If one of the Levites redeems a house in the city, etc. The meaning appears to be, if a Levite redeemed a house which had been sold to a person of a different tribe by another Levite, it was to revert in the Jubilee to the latter Levite as its original possessor. The purchaser of a Leviteâs house was in fact only in the condition of a tenant at will, while the fields attached to the Levitical cities could never be alienated, even for a time.
For the application of the law of Jubilee to lands dedicated to the service of the sanctuary, see Leviticus 27:16-25.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 32. The cities of the Levites — The law in this and the following verses was also a very wise one. A Levite could not ultimately sell his house: if sold he could redeem it at any time tn the interim between the two jubilees; but if not redeemed, it must go out at the following jubilee. And why? "Because Moses framed his laws so much in favour of the priesthood, that they had peculiar privileges?" &c. Just the reverse: they were so far from being peculiarly favoured that they had no inheritance in Israel, only their cities, to dwell in: and because their houses in these cities were the whole that they could call their own, therefore these houses could not be ultimately alienated. All that they had to live on besides was from that most precarious source of support, the freewill-offerings of the people, which depended on the prevalence of pure religion in the land.
