As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites shall forever have the right of redemption of the houses in the cities belonging to them.
Leviticus 25:33 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Whatever property of the Levites that may be redeemed, that is, houses sold in a city belonging to them, shall be released in the Jubilee, for the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the Israelites. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But if a house is not redeemed by a Levite, the sold house in the city they possess shall go free in the Year of Jubilee, for the houses in the Levite cities are their ancestral possession among the Israelites. American Standard Version (1901) And if one of the Levites redeem, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel. Common English Bible Levite property that can be bought back—houses sold in a city that is their family property—must be released at the Jubilee, because homes in levitical cities are the Levites’ family property among the Israelites. Catholic Public Domain Version If they have not been redeemed, then in the Jubilee they shall return to the owners, for the houses of the cities of the Levites are for their possession among the sons of Israel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If they be not redeemed, in the jubilee they shall all return to the owners: because the houses of the cities of the Levites are for their possessions among the children of Israel. |
As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites shall forever have the right of redemption of the houses in the cities belonging to them.
But the pasturelands around their cities may not be sold, for that is their possession for all time.