Leviticus 25:30

Leviticus 25:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.
• New International Version (NIV)If it is not redeemed before a full year has passed, the house in the walled city shall belong permanently to the buyer and the buyer’s descendants. It is not to be returned in the Jubilee.
• English Standard Version (ESV)If it is not redeemed within a full year, then the house in the walled city shall belong in perpetuity to the buyer, throughout his generations; it shall not be released in the jubilee.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But if it is not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house in the walled city shall belong permanently to him who bought it, throughout his generations. It shall not be released in the Jubilee.

Context of Leviticus 25:30

28But if he has not found sufficient means to get it back for himself, then what he has sold shall remain in the hands of its purchaser until the year of jubilee; but at the jubilee it shall revert, so that he may return to his property. 29‘Likewise, if a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, then his redemption right remains valid until a full year after its sale; his right of redemption lasts a full year. But if it is not bought back for him within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city passes permanently to its purchaser throughout his generations; it does not revert in the jubilee. 31The houses of the villages, however, which have no surrounding wall, shall be regarded as open fields; they have redemption rights and revert in the jubilee. 32As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites have a permanent right of redemption for the houses of the cities which are their possession.

Leviticus 25:30 word by word

וְאִ֣ם לֹֽא־יִגָּאֵ֗ל עַד־מְלֹ֣את לוֹ֮ שָׁנָ֣ה תְמִימָה֒ וְ֠קָם הַבַּ֨יִת אֲשֶׁר־בָּעִ֜יר אֲשֶׁר־ל֣וֹ חֹמָ֗ה לַצְּמִיתֻ֛ת לַקֹּנֶ֥ה אֹת֖וֹ לְדֹרֹתָ֑יו לֹ֥א יֵצֵ֖א בַּיֹּבֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

• But ifאִם'im · ifH518
• it is not boughtגָּאַלgâ'al · to redeem: redeemH1350
• for him withinעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• the spaceמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• of a fullתָּמִיםtâmîym · unblemished: completeH8549
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• then the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• that is in the walledחוֹמָהchômâh · wallH2346
• cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• passesקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
• permanentlyצְמִיתֻתtsemîythûth tsemithûth · finalityH6783
• to its purchaserקָנָהqânâh · to buyH7069
• throughout his generationsדּוֹרdôr dôr · generationH1755
• revertיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
• in the jubileeיוֹבֵלyôbêl yôbêl · jubilee/hornH3104

Commentaries on Leviticus 25:30

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30Not go out - Because most of the houses in cities were occupied by artificers and traders whose wealth did not consist in lands.Read the comment
• 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 25:30

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

In the dictionaries

• Accord
• Compel
• Decay
• Fill
• Increase
• Poor
• 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