Leviticus 25:34
But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
Leviticus 25:34 in other translations
| BSB | But the open pastureland around their cities may not be sold, for this is their permanent possession. |
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| WEB | But the field of the pasture lands of their cities may not be sold, for it is their perpetual possession. |
| ASV | But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession. |
| YLT | And a field, a suburb of their cities, is not sold; for a possession age-during it is to them. |
| DARBY | And the field of the suburbs of their cities shall not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession. |
| BBE | But the land on the outskirts of their towns may not be exchanged for money, for it is their property for ever. |
| Webster | But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold, for it is their perpetual possession. |
What does Leviticus 25:34 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 25:32-34
32-34. 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 (Nu 35:4, 5). This was a permanent endowment for the…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 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…
Leviticus 25:34 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Leviticus 25:34
- Leviticus 25:23
The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
- Acts 4:36-37
And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus, Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
- Numbers 35:2-5
Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them. And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts. And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about. And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.
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Context
- 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.
- Leviticus 25:34
But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
- Leviticus 25:35
And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
Leviticus 25:34 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas la tierra del ejido de sus ciudades no se venderá, porque es perpetua posesión de ellos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les champs des banlieues de leurs villes ne seront pas vendus, car c’est leur possession à perpétuité. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Aber das Feld des Bezirks ihrer Städte soll nicht verkauft werden, denn es gehört ihnen als ewiges Eigentum. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Suburbana autem eorum non veneant, quia possessio sempiterna est. |