Leviticus 25:31

Leviticus 25:31 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile.
• New International Version (NIV)But houses in villages without walls around them are to be considered as belonging to the open country. They can be redeemed, and they are to be returned in the Jubilee.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But the houses of the villages that have no wall around them shall be classified with the fields of the land. They may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the jubilee.
• New King James Version (NKJV)However the houses of villages which have no wall around them shall be counted as the fields of the country. They may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.

Context of Leviticus 25:31

29If a man sells a house in a walled city, he retains his right of redemption until a full year after its sale; during that year it may be redeemed. 30If it is not redeemed by the end of a full year, then the house in the walled city is permanently transferred to its buyer and his descendants. It is not to be released in the Jubilee. But houses in villages with no walls around them are to be considered as open fields. They may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee. 32As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the cities they possess. 33So whatever belongs to the Levites may be redeemed—a house sold in a city they possess—and must be released in the Jubilee, because the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the Israelites.

Leviticus 25:31 word by word

וּבָתֵּ֣י הַחֲצֵרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֵין־לָהֶ֤ם חֹמָה֙ סָבִ֔יב עַל־שְׂדֵ֥ה הָאָ֖רֶץ יֵחָשֵׁ֑ב גְּאֻלָּה֙ תִּהְיֶה־לּ֔וֹ וּבַיֹּבֵ֖ל יֵצֵֽא׃Read the interlinear

• But housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• in villagesחָצֵרchâtsêr · villageH2691
• withאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• noאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
• wallsחוֹמָהchômâh · wallH2346
• around themסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• around themעַל‛al · uponH5921
• are to be consideredחָשַׁבchâshab · to devise: countH2803
• as open fieldsשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• as open fieldsאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• They may be redeemedגְּאֻלָּהge'ûllâh · redemptionH1353
• and they shall beהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• releasedיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
• in the Jubileeיוֹבֵלyôbêl yôbêl · jubilee/hornH3104

Cross-references for Leviticus 25:31

• Psalms 49:7No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.

Commentaries on Leviticus 25:31

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-34Verses 23-34 If the land were not redeemed before the year of jubilee, it then returned to him that sold or mortgaged it. This was a figure of the free grace of God in Christ; by which, and not by any price or merit of our own, we are restored to the favour of God. Houses in walled cities were more the fruits of their own industry than land in the country, which was the direct gift of God's bounty; therefore if a man sold a house in a city, he might…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29-31A house in a village without walls was treated the same as land. The family could buy it back. If they did not, it returned to the seller’s family in the Year of Jubilee. But a house inside a walled town was different. No farmland or pasture was included in the sale of such a house. A house could even be built on the town wall without touching the ground (Josh 2:15). For this reason, the land was not part of the property. Such a house could not be bought…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 29-3129-31. if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold--All sales of houses were subject to the same condition. But there was a difference between the houses of villages (which, being connected with agriculture, were treated as parts of the land) and houses possessed by trading people or foreigners in walled towns, which could only be redeemed within the year after the sale; if not then redeemed…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 25:31

• Debtor
• Homestead
• House
• Jubilee
• Land
• Property
• Redemption

In the dictionaries

• Accord
• Compel
• Decay
• Field
• Fill
• Increase
• Redeem
• Redemption
• Rest
• Sabbath

Commentaries on Leviticus 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings