Leviticus Chapter 25 verse 32 Holy Bible

ASV Leviticus 25:32

Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
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BBE Leviticus 25:32

But the houses in the towns of the Levites may be got back by the Levites at any time.
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DARBY Leviticus 25:32

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.
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KJV Leviticus 25:32

Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
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WBT Leviticus 25:32

Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
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WEB Leviticus 25:32

"'Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses in the cities of their possession, the Levites may redeem at any time.
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YLT Leviticus 25:32

`As to cities of the Levites -- houses of the cities of their possession -- redemption age-during is to the Levites;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 32-34. - The houses of the Levites are, by an exception, subject to the law of jubilee. They constituted the share of the national property which was assigned to the tribe of Levi, and so far stood in the same relation to them as the land did to the other tribes. They therefore returned to the original possessor or his representative in the year of jubilee, and might at any earlier time be redeemed. The words, Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, should rather be rendered, But in respect to the cities of the Levites. There is a difficulty also as to the translation of the clause, And if a man purchase of the Levites, for the word rendered purchase menus elsewhere redeem; but here the Authorized Version would seem to be correct. The sense that it gives is that if any one bought a house of the Levites, he had to render it back in the year of jubilee, just as though it had been land. On the other hand, the land belonging to the Levites, in the suburbs of the Levitical cities, which was used for the pasturage of the flocks of the Levites, could not be sold except to a Levite, and therefore no question between the Levites and members of the other tribes could arise regarding it. The phrase, the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, must be understood, by a hendiadys, to mean, the house that was sold in the city of his possession (see Gesenius, 'Lex.,' s.v. לְ i.b.).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(32) Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses.--Better, And as to the cities of the Levites, the houses, that is, the houses which belong to the Levites, in the forty-eight cities given to them (see Numbers 35:1-8; Joshua 21:1-3), are to be exempt from this general law of house property.May the Levites redeem at any time.--Having the same value to the Levites as landed property has to the other tribes, these houses are to be subject to the jubile laws for fields, and hence may be redeemed at any time.