レビ記 25:28-33 JCB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 25:23-38

Here is, I. A law concerning the real estates of the Israelites in the land of Canaan, and the transferring of them. 1. No land should be sold for ever from the family to whose lot it fell in the division of the land. And the reason given is, The land is mine, and you are strangers and sojourners with me, Lev. 25:23. (1.) God having a particular propriety in this land, he would by this restraint keep them sensible of it. The possessions of good people, who, having given up themselves to God,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 25:28

But if he be not able to restore it to him ,.... The overplus, or give him what is in proportion to the time he has had it, and yet to come: then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that bought it until the year of the jubilee ; continue in his possession, and he shall enjoy all the benefit of it till that year comes: and in the jubilee it shall go out : out of his hands or possession; or "he shall go out" F7 ויצא "discedet emptor", Junius & Tremellius. ,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 25:29

And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city ,.... Which was so from the days of Joshua the son of Nun, as Jarchi: then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold : any time within the year he pleased, either he or any near of kin to him; and if they would, on the day it was sold, or any time after within the compass of the year, even on the day in which the year ended; in this such an house differed from fields, which could not be redeemed under two years; see Gill on ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 25:30

And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year ,.... Either by the seller or any man of kin to him: then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it, throughout his generation ; after twelve months were elapsed it was not redeemable by any, but to be held by the purchaser and his heirs for ever: it shall not go out in the jubilee ; from the purchaser or his heirs, to the seller or his heirs; for houses were not like lands, the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 25:31

But the houses of the villages, which have no walls round about them ,.... As there were many in the days of Joshua, the Scripture speaks of: the Jews suppose that such are meant, even though they were afterwards walled: shall be counted as the fields of the country ; and subject to the same law as they: they may be redeemed ; at any time before the year of jubilee, and if not, then they shall go out in the jubilee ; to the original owners of them, freely, as Jarchi says, without... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 25:32

Notwithstanding, the cities of the Levites ,.... The six cities of refuge, and forty two others; these and the houses in them are excepted from the above law, and only they; not such as they might purchase elsewhere; wherefore it follows: and the houses of the cities of their possession ; which were in cities possessed by them, and which was their possession, and given them as such: may the Levites redeem at any time ; they were not restrained to a year, as houses in walled towns,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 25:33

And if a man purchase of the Levites ,.... An house or city, as Jarchi, and which the following clause confirms, that is, if a common Israelite made such a purchase, then it was redeemable, but if a Levite purchased of a Levite, then, as the same writer observes, it was absolutely irredeemable: then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubilee ; to the original owner of it, as fields and houses in villages sold by the Israelites for... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 25:29

Sell a dwelling house in a walled city - A very proper difference is put between houses in a city and houses in the country. If a man sold his house in the city, he might redeem it any time in the course of a year; but if it were not redeemed within that time, it could no more be redeemed, nor did it go out even in the jubilee. It was not so with a house in the country; such a house might be redeemed during any part of the interim; and if not redeemed, must go out at the jubilee. The reason... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 25:32

The cities of the Levites - The law in this and the following verses was also a very wise one. A Levite could not ultimately sell his house: if sold he could redeem it at any time in the interim between the two jubilees; but if not redeemed, it must go out at the following jubilee. And why? "Because Moses framed his laws so much in favor of the priesthood, that they had peculiar privileges?" etc. Just the reverse: they were so far from being peculiarly favored that they had no inheritance in... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 25:29

Verse 29 29.And if a man sell a dwelling-house. He here distinguishes houses from lands, providing that the power of redemption should not extend beyond a year; and also, that the purchase should hold good even in the jubilee. A second distinction, however, is also added between different kinds of houses, viz., that houses in towns might be altogether alienated, whilst the condition of those in the country should be the same as that of the lands themselves, as being annexed so as to form part... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 25:23-38

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 25:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 25:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 25:30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 25:31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 25:32

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 25:33

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 25:29

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 25:32

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 25:29

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