Leviticus 25:34

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

But the pasturelands around their cities may not be sold, for that is their possession for all time.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 31:19

And for the descendants of Aaron, the priests, who were in the fields of pastureland belonging to their towns, town by town, the people designated by name were to distribute portions to every male among the priests and to everyone among the Levites who was enrolled.

Ezekiel 48:13

Alongside the territory of the priests, the Levites shall have an allotment twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width. The whole length shall be twenty-five thousand cubits and the width twenty thousand.

Ezekiel 48:14

They shall not sell or exchange any of it; they shall not transfer this choice portion of the land, for it is holy to the Lord.

Leviticus 25:23

The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; with me you are but aliens and tenants.

Leviticus 25:33

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.