Leviticus Chapter 25 verse 34 Holy Bible
But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
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But the land on the outskirts of their towns may not be exchanged for money, for it is their property for ever.
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And the field of the suburbs of their cities shall not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
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But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
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But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold, for it is their perpetual possession.
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But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
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And a field, a suburb of their cities, is not sold; for a possession age-during it `is' to them.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(34) But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold.--The Levitical cities had both suburbs or commons for their cattle, &c, and fields which they cultivated (Numbers 35:4-5). These outlying fields, which were beyond the suburbs, they are here forbidden to sell. According to the authorities during the second Temple the expression "to sell" here used is to be taken in a wider sense as including diverting any part of it from its original purpose. Hence they say it forbids the Levites not only to sell the field, but to convert it into a suburb, and vice versa. What is field must always remain field, what is suburb must remain suburb, and what is city must continue to be city.For it is their perpetual possession.--The estates belong to the whole tribe to all futurity, and the present occupiers have to transmit them intact to their successors. Hence no present owner, or all of them combined, have a right to dispose of any portion of the estates, or materially to alter it. They must hand these estates down to their successors as they receive them from their predecessors.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewBut the open fieldsוּֽשְׂדֵ֛ה (ū·śə·ḏêh)Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 7704: Field, landaround their citiesעָרֵיהֶ֖ם (‘ā·rê·hem)Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 5892: Excitementmay notלֹ֣א (lō)Adverb - Negative particleStrong's 3808: Not, nobe sold,יִמָּכֵ֑ר (yim·mā·ḵêr)Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 4376: To sellforכִּֽי־ (kî-)ConjunctionStrong's 3588: A relative conjunctionthisה֖וּא (hū)Pronoun - third person masculine singularStrong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, areis their permanentעוֹלָ֛ם (‘ō·w·lām)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, alwayspossession.אֲחֻזַּ֥ת (’ă·ḥuz·zaṯ)Noun - feminine singular constructStrong's 272: Something seized, a possessionJump to PreviousAge-During Belonging Cities Common Exchanged Field Fields Money Open Outskirts Pasture Pastureland Permanent Perpetual Possession Property Sold Suburb Suburbs Towns
