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Selected Verse: Leviticus 25:32 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Le 25:32 |
Strong Concordance |
Notwithstanding the cities [05892] of the Levites [03881], and the houses [01004] of the cities [05892] of their possession [0272], may the Levites [03881] redeem [01353] at any time [05769]. |
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King James |
Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| 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). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Rather, And concerning the cities of the Levites, the houses in the cities of their possession, etc. If one of the Levites redeems a house in the city, etc. The meaning appears to be, if a Levite redeemed a house which had been sold to a person of a different tribe by another Levite, it was to revert in the Jubilee to the latter Levite as its original possessor. The purchaser of a Levite's house was in fact only in the condition of a tenant at will, while the fields attached to the Levitical cities could never be alienated, even for a time.
For the application of the law of Jubilee to lands dedicated to the service of the sanctuary, see Lev 27:16-25. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| 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 to live on besides was from that most precarious source of support, the freewill-offerings of the people, which depended on the prevalence of pure religion in the land. |
7 And it was so, when they came [0935] into the midst [08432] of the city [05892], that Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418] slew [07819] them, and cast them into the midst [08432] of the pit [0953], he, and the men [0582] that were with him.
8 But ten [06235] men [0582] were found [04672] among them that said [0559] unto Ishmael [03458], Slay [04191] us not: for we have [03426] treasures [04301] in the field [07704], of wheat [02406], and of barley [08184], and of oil [08081], and of honey [01706]. So he forbare [02308], and slew [04191] them not among [08432] their brethren [0251].
9 Now the pit [0953] wherein Ishmael [03458] had cast [07993] all the dead bodies [06297] of the men [0582], whom he had slain [05221] because [03027] of Gedaliah [01436], was it which Asa [0609] the king [04428] had made [06213] for fear [06440] of Baasha [01201] king [04428] of Israel [03478]: and Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418] filled [04390] it with them that were slain [02491].
4 And the suburbs [04054] of the cities [05892], which ye shall give [05414] unto the Levites [03881], shall reach from the wall [07023] of the city [05892] and outward [02351] a thousand [0505] cubits [0520] round about [05439].
5 And ye shall measure [04058] from without [02351] the city [05892] on the east [06924] side [06285] two thousand [0505] cubits [0520], and on the south [05045] side [06285] two thousand [0505] cubits [0520], and on the west [03220] side [06285] two thousand [0505] cubits [0520], and on the north [06828] side [06285] two thousand [0505] cubits [0520]; and the city [05892] shall be in the midst [08432]: this shall be to them the suburbs [04054] of the cities [05892].
16 And if a man [0376] shall sanctify [06942] unto the LORD [03068] some part of a field [07704] of his possession [0272], then thy estimation [06187] shall be according [06310] to the seed [02233] thereof: an homer [02563] of barley [08184] seed [02233] shall be valued at fifty [02572] shekels [08255] of silver [03701].
17 If he sanctify [06942] his field [07704] from the year [08141] of jubile [03104], according to thy estimation [06187] it shall stand [06965].
18 But if he sanctify [06942] his field [07704] after [0310] the jubile [03104], then the priest [03548] shall reckon [02803] unto him the money [03701] according to [06310] the years [08141] that remain [03498], even unto the year [08141] of the jubile [03104], and it shall be abated [01639] from thy estimation [06187].
19 And if he that sanctified [06942] the field [07704] will in any wise [01350] redeem [01350] it, then he shall add [03254] the fifth [02549] part of the money [03701] of thy estimation [06187] unto it, and it shall be assured [06965] to him.
20 And if he will not redeem [01350] the field [07704], or if he have sold [04376] the field [07704] to another [0312] man [0376], it shall not be redeemed [01350] any more.
21 But the field [07704], when it goeth out [03318] in the jubile [03104], shall be holy [06944] unto the LORD [03068], as a field [07704] devoted [02764]; the possession [0272] thereof shall be the priest's [03548].
22 And if a man sanctify [06942] unto the LORD [03068] a field [07704] which he hath bought [04736], which is not of the fields [07704] of his possession [0272];
23 Then the priest [03548] shall reckon [02803] unto him the worth [04373] of thy estimation [06187], even unto the year [08141] of the jubile [03104]: and he shall give [05414] thine estimation [06187] in that day [03117], as a holy thing [06944] unto the LORD [03068].
24 In the year [08141] of the jubile [03104] the field [07704] shall return [07725] unto him of whom it was bought [07069], even to him to whom the possession [0272] of the land [0776] did belong.
25 And all thy estimations [06187] shall be according to the shekel [08255] of the sanctuary [06944]: twenty [06242] gerahs [01626] shall be the shekel [08255].