Leviticus 25:33

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
purchase	יִגְאַל֙ yig.'Al	H1350	to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relati… · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Levites	הַלְוִיִּ֔ם hal.vi.Yim	H3881	a Levite or descendant of Levi · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine plural absolute
house	בַּ֛יִת Ba.yit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular absolute
sold	מִמְכַּר mi.kar-	H4465	merchandise · noun, common masculine singular construct
city	וְעִ֥יר ve.'Ir	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct
possession	אֲחֻזָּת֖וֹ 'a.chu.za.To	H272	something seized · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
out	וְיָצָ֧א ve.ya.Tza'	H3318	to go (causatively · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
jubile	בַּיֹּבֵ֑ל bai.yo.Vel	H3104	the blast of a horn (from its continuous sound) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
houses	בָתֵּ֞י va.Tei	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine plural construct
cities	עָרֵ֣י 'a.Rei	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · noun, common masculine plural construct
Levites	הַלְוִיִּ֗ם hal.vi.Yim	H3881	a Levite or descendant of Levi · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine plural absolute
possession	אֲחֻזָּתָ֔ם 'a.chu.za.Tam	H272	something seized · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
among	בְּת֖וֹךְ be.Tokh	H8432	a bisection · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
children	בְּנֵ֥י be.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵֽל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name

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Cross-references

Numbers 18:20-24 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and…
Deuteronomy 18:1-2 The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD…

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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 25:32

Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, &c.--The Levites, having no possessions but their towns and their houses, the law conferred on them the same privileges that were granted to the lands of the other Israelites. A certain portion of the lands surrounding the Levitical cities was appropriated to them for the pasturage of their cattle and flocks (Num 35:4-5). This was a permanent endowment for the support of the ministry and could not be alienated for any time. The Levites, however, were at liberty to make exchanges among themselves; and a priest might sell his house, garden, and right of pasture to another priest, but not to an Israelite of another tribe (Jer 41:7-9).

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 25:32

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 in 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 favor of the priesthood, that they had peculiar privileges?" etc. Just the reverse: they were so far from being peculiarly favored 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…

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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…
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…
Cities · Different kinds of: Levitical — Different kinds of: Levitical
Debtor · LAWS CONCERNING — LAWS CONCERNING
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 · .In villages, inalienable — .In villages, inalienable
Redemption · Of per — Of per

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Leviticus 25:33

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 25:23-38

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 25:32

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 25:32

Dictionary and topics

Leviticus 25:33

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 25:23-38

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 25:32

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 25:32

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Leviticus 25:33

John Calvin on Leviticus 25:23-34

Keil & Delitzsch on Leviticus 25:8–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Leviticus 25:32-34

Rashi on Leviticus 25:33