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31 However,[a] village houses that have no surrounding wall shall be considered open country;[b] there is redemption for it, and in the Jubilee it shall go out of the buyer’s hand.[c]

32 “‘As for[d] the cities of the Levites, that is, the houses in[e] their property’s cities, it shall be a lasting redemption[f] for the Levites. 33 And whatever anyone redeems from the Levites then[g] must go out of the buyer’s hand[h] in the Jubilee, including a house’s selling in his city’s property,[i] because the houses in[j] the cities of the Levites are their property in the midst of the Israelites.[k]

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 25:31 Or “And” or “But”
  2. Leviticus 25:31 Literally “the field of the land”
  3. Leviticus 25:31 Meaning derived from context; an alternative translation could be “shall not be released” (cf. NKJV, NRSV, ESV, NJPS) or “shall not revert” (NASB, NET)
  4. Leviticus 25:32 Or “And”
  5. Leviticus 25:32 Hebrew “of”
  6. Leviticus 25:32 Or “a permanent redemption”; literally “redemption of eternity” or “redemption of long duration”
  7. Leviticus 25:33 Or “and”
  8. Leviticus 25:33 Meaning derived from context; an alternative translation could be “shall not be released” (cf. NKJV, NRSV, ESV, NJPS) or “shall not revert” (NASB, NET)
  9. Leviticus 25:33 Literally “the city of his property”
  10. Leviticus 25:33 Hebrew “of”
  11. Leviticus 25:33 Literally “sons/children of Israel”