Leviticus 25:30

And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
redeemed	יִגָּאֵ֗ל yi.ga.'El	H1350	to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relati… · verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
space	מְלֹ֣את me.Lot	H4390	to fill or (intransitively) be full of · verb, qal infinitive construct
full	תְמִימָה֒ te.mi.Mah	H8549	entire (literally · adjective, feminine singular absolute
year	שָׁנָ֣ה sha.Nah	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
house	הַבַּ֨יִת ha.Ba.yit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
walled	חֹמָ֗ה cho.Mah	H2346	a wall of protection · noun, common feminine singular absolute
city	בָּעִ֜יר ba.'Ir	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
established	וְ֠קָם Ve.kom	H6965	to rise (in various applications · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
ever	לַצְּמִיתֻ֛ת la.tze.mi.Tut	H6783	excision · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
bought	לַקֹּנֶ֥ה la.ko.Neh	H7069	to erect · preposition with the article + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
generations	לְדֹרֹתָ֑יו le.do.ro.Tav	H1755	properly · preposition + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
out	יֵצֵ֖א ye.Tze'	H3318	to go (causatively · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
jubile	בַּיֹּבֵֽל bai.yo.Vel	H3104	the blast of a horn (from its continuous sound) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 25:23-38

Here is, I. A law concerning the real estates of the Israelites in the land of Canaan, and the transferring of them. 1. No land should be sold for ever from the family to whose lot it fell in the division of the land. And the reason given is, The land is mine, and you are strangers and sojourners with me, Lev 25:23. (1.) God having a particular propriety in this land, he would by this restraint keep them sensible of it. The possessions of good people, who, having given up themselves to God, have therewith given up all they have to him, are in a particular manner at his disposal, and his disposal of them must be submitted to. (2.) They being strangers and sojourners with him in that land, and…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 25:29

if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold--All sales of houses were subject to the same condition. But there was a difference between the houses of villages (which, being connected with agriculture, were treated as parts of the land) and houses possessed by trading people or foreigners in walled towns, which could only be redeemed within the year after the sale; if not then redeemed, these did not revert to the former owner at the Jubilee.

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 25:29

Sell a dwelling house in a walled city - A very proper difference is put between houses in a city and houses in the country. If a man sold his house in the city, he might redeem it any time in the course of a year; but if it were not redeemed within that time, it could no more be redeemed, nor did it go out even in the jubilee. It was not so with a house in the country; such a house might be redeemed during any part of the interim; and if not redeemed, must go out at the jubilee. The reason in both cases is sufficiently evident; the house in the city might be built for purposes of trade or traffic merely, the house in the country was built on or attached to the inheritance which God had divi…

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Dictionary and topics

Law of Moses — Is the whole body of the Mosaic legislation (1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 23:25; Ezra 3:2). It is called by way of eminence simply “the Law” (Heb. Torah, Deut. 1:5; 4:8, 44; 17:18, 19; 27:3, 8). As a written…
Poor — The Mosaic legislation regarding the poor is specially important. (1.) They had the right of gleaning the fields (Lev. 19:9, 10; Deut. 24:19, 21). (2.) In the sabbatical year they were to have their…
Wall — Cities were surrounded by walls, as distinguished from “unwalled villages” (Ezek. 38:11; Lev. 25:29-34). They were made thick and strong (Num. 13:28; Deut. 3:5). Among the Jews walls were built of…
Wills — Under a system of close inheritance like that of the Jews, the scope forbid bequest in respect of land was limited by the right of redemption and general re-entry in the jubilee year; but the law…
Debtor · LAWS CONCERNING — LAWS CONCERNING
Feast Of Jubilee, The · Houses in walled cities not redeemed within a year, exempted from the benefit of — Houses in walled cities not redeemed within a year, exempted from the benefit of
Homestead · When alienable, and when inalienable — When alienable, and when inalienable
Houses · Law respecting the sale of — Law respecting the sale of
Jubilee · LAWS CONCERNING — LAWS CONCERNING
Land · Sale and re — Sale and re
Property · .Alienated for — .Alienated for
Redemption · Of per

Leviticus 25:30

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 25:23-38

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 25:29

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 25:29

Dictionary and topics

Leviticus 25:30

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 25:23-38

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 25:29

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 25:29

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Leviticus 25:30

John Calvin on Leviticus 25:23-34

Keil & Delitzsch on Leviticus 25:8–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Leviticus 25:29-31

Rashi on Leviticus 25:30