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But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
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Stewards, Not Owners
Commentators explain that the Levites' fields could not be sold because they were a "perpetual possession" for the entire tribe, not individual property. Each generation was a steward, responsible for preserving this God-given inheritance for the next, highlighting the biblical principle of managing God's provisions for future generations.
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Leviticus
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19th Century
Anglican
But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold. —The Levitical cities had both suburbs, or commons for their cattle, etc., a…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold , &c.] The suburbs to the cities of the Levites reached two …
Presbyterian
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 …
