33 So the property of the Levites is redeemable-that is, a house sold in any town they hold-and is to be returned in the Jubilee, because the houses in the towns of the Levites are their property among the Israelites.

Other Translations of Leviticus 25:33

King James Version

33 And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.

English Standard Version

33 And if one of the Levites exercises his right of redemption, then the house that was sold in a city they possess shall be released in the jubilee. For the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the people of Israel.

The Message

33 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.

New King James Version

33 And if a man purchases a house from the Levites, then the house that was sold in the city of his possession shall be released in the Jubilee; for the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.

New Living Translation

33 And any property that is sold by the Levites-all houses within the Levitical towns-must be returned in the Year of Jubilee. After all, the houses in the towns reserved for the Levites are the only property they own in all Israel.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Leviticus 25:33

Commentary on Leviticus 25:23-34

(Read Leviticus 25:23-34)

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.

34 But the pastureland belonging to their towns must not be sold; it is their permanent possession.

Other Translations of Leviticus 25:34

King James Version

34 But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.

English Standard Version

34 But the fields of pastureland belonging to their cities may not be sold, for that is their possession forever.

The Message

34 The pastures belonging to their cities may not be sold; they are their permanent possession.

New King James Version

34 But the field of the common-land of their cities may not be sold, for it is their perpetual possession.

New Living Translation

34 The open pastureland around the Levitical towns may never be sold. It is their permanent possession.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Leviticus 25:34

Commentary on Leviticus 25:23-34

(Read Leviticus 25:23-34)

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.