KJV King James Version
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.
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Leviticus 25:31
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
But the houses of the villages which have no wall around them shall be reckoned with the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.
ASV American Standard Version
But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be reckoned with the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubilee.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and a house of the villages which have no wall round about, on the field of the country is reckoned; redemption is to it, and in the jubilee it goeth out.
Surrounding context — Leviticus 25
28 But if he be not able to restore [it] to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.
29 And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; [within] a full year may he redeem it.
30 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.
31 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.
32 Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, [and] the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
33 And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in [the year of] jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites [are] their possession among the children of Israel.
34 But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it [is] their perpetual possession.
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וּבָתֵּ֣יH1004 · betplaceהַחֲצֵרִ֗יםH2691 · cha.tsercourtאֲשֶׁ֨רH834 · a.sherwhichאֵין־H369 · a.yinnothingלָהֶ֤םH9038 · hemthemחֹמָה֙H2346 · cho.mahwallסָבִ֔יבH5439 · sa.vivaroundעַל־H5921 · aluponשְׂדֵ֥הH7704 · sa.daySirionהָאָ֖רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetיֵחָשֵׁ֑בH2803 · cha.shavto devise: designגְּאֻלָּה֙H1353 · ge.ul.lahredemptionתִּהְיֶה־H1961 · ha.yahto beלּ֔וֹH9033 · ohimוּבַיֹּבֵ֖לH3104 · yo.veljubilee/hornיֵצֵֽא׃H3318 · ya.tsato come out: come
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