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The Law of Redemption

Leviticus 25:32

In 11 translations

BSB
As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the cities they possess.
KJV
Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
WEB
“‘Nevertheless, in the cities of the Levites, the Levites may redeem the houses in the cities of their possession at any time.
ASV
Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
LSV
As for cities of the Levites—houses of the cities of their possession—continuous redemption is for the Levites;
YLT
'As to cities of the Levites — houses of the cities of their possession — redemption age-during is to the Levites;
DBY
But as to the cities of the Levites, the houses in the cities of their possession, the Levites shall have a perpetual right of redemption.
DRC
The houses of Levites, which are in cities, may always be redeemed:
GNV
Notwithstanding, the cities of the Leuites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Leuites redeeme at all seasons.
JPS
But as for the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, the Levites shall have a perpetual right of redemption.
LXXE
And the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities in their possession, shall be always redeemable to the Levites.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וְעָרֵי֙ הַלְוִיִּ֔ם בָּתֵּ֖י עָרֵ֣י אֲחֻזָּתָ֑ם גְּאֻלַּ֥ת עוֹלָ֖ם תִּהְיֶ֥ה לַלְוִיִּֽם׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ αἱ πόλεις τῶν Λευιτῶν, οἰκίαι τῶν πόλεων κατασχέσεως αὐτῶν, λυτρωταὶ διαπαντὸς ἔσονται τοῖς Λευίταις.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Numbers 35:1–8Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho: “Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around…
  • Joshua 21:1–45Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribes of Israel at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said to them, “The LORD commanded through Moses that…

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