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32 “‘As for[a] the cities of the Levites, that is, the houses in[b] their property’s cities, it shall be a lasting redemption[c] for the Levites. 33 And whatever anyone redeems from the Levites then[d] must go out of the buyer’s hand[e] in the Jubilee, including a house’s selling in his city’s property,[f] because the houses in[g] the cities of the Levites are their property in the midst of the Israelites.[h] 34 But[i] a[j] field of their cities’ pastureland must not be sold, because it is their property for all time.[k]

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 25:32 Or “And”
  2. Leviticus 25:32 Hebrew “of”
  3. Leviticus 25:32 Or “a permanent redemption”; literally “redemption of eternity” or “redemption of long duration”
  4. Leviticus 25:33 Or “and”
  5. Leviticus 25:33 Meaning derived from context; an alternative translation could be “shall not be released” (cf. NKJV, NRSV, ESV, NJPS) or “shall not revert” (NASB, NET)
  6. Leviticus 25:33 Literally “the city of his property”
  7. Leviticus 25:33 Hebrew “of”
  8. Leviticus 25:33 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  9. Leviticus 25:34 Or “And”
  10. Leviticus 25:34 Hebrew “the”
  11. Leviticus 25:34 Literally “a property of eternity it is for them” or “a property of long duration it is for them”