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Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
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A Special Rule for Levites
Commentators explain that this verse creates a special exception for the Levites. While other Israelites had only one year to redeem a sold house in a walled city, Levites could redeem their homes at any time. This was because their houses were their primary inheritance, equivalent to the land given to other tribes.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Rather, And concerning the cities of the Levites, the houses in the cities of their possession, etc. If one of the Levites redeems a h…
19th Century
Anglican
Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses. —Better, And as to the cities of the Levites, the houses,<…
16th Century
Protestant
Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites. This is another exception: the Levites were to recover the houses they had sold, either by the …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Notwithstanding, the cities of the Levites The six cities of refuge, and forty two others; these and the houses in them a…
If the land were not redeemed before the year of jubilee, it then returned to him who sold or mortgaged it. This was a figure of the free grace of …
