Leviticus 25:34 KJV

But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.

Matthew Henry

  • Redemption of the land and housesIf 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...

Thompson Chains

Parallel Passages

  • Numbers 35:2–5 Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them. …

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • Leviticus 25:23 The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
  • Acts 4:36–37 And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus, …
  • Numbers 35:2–5 Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them. …

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Hebrew and Strong’s

  • But the field וּשְׂדֵה ûśĕdê שָׂדֶה Noun · masculine singular construct · with and
  • of the suburbs מִגְרַשׁ migraš מִגְרָשׁ Noun · masculine singular construct
  • of their cities עָרֵיהֶם ʿārêhem עִיר Noun · feminine plural construct · with suffix: third person masculine plural
  • may not be sold לֹא lōʾ Negative יִמָּכֵר yimmākēr מָכַר Verb · niphal imperfect, third person masculine singular
  • for it is their perpetual עוֹלָם ʿôlām עוֹלָם Noun · masculine singular הוּא hûʾ Pronoun · third person masculine singular לָהֶם lāhem Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine plural
  • possession כִּי kî Conjunction אֲחֻזַּת ʾăḥuzzat אֲחֻזָּה Noun · feminine singular construct

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