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They can be redeemed, and they are to be returned in the Jubilee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/25.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />But a house in a village—a settlement without fortified walls—will be treated like property in the countryside. Such a house may be bought back at any time, and it must be returned to the original owner in the Year of Jubilee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/25.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />But the houses of the villages that have no wall around them shall be classified with the fields of the land. They may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the jubilee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/25.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/25.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/25.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />However the houses of villages which have no wall around them shall be counted as the fields of the country. They may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/25.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216The houses of the villages, however, which have no surrounding wall shall be considered as open fields; they have redemption rights and revert in the jubilee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘The houses of the villages, however, which have no surrounding wall shall be considered as open fields; they have redemption rights and revert in the jubilee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />The houses of the villages, however, which have no surrounding wall, shall be considered as open fields; they have redemption rights and revert in the jubilee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The houses of the villages that have no surrounding walls, however, shall be considered as open fields. They may be redeemed, and revert in the Year of Jubilee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But houses in settlements that have no walls around them are to be classified as open fields. The right to redeem such houses stays in effect, and they are to be released at the Jubilee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But houses in villages that have no walls around them are to be classified as open fields. The right to redeem such houses stays in effect, and they are to be released at the Jubilee.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/25.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/25.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But a house out in a village may be bought back at any time just like a field. And it must be returned to its original owner in the Year of Celebration. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/25.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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 jubile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />However, houses in villages without walls are regarded as belonging to the fields of the land. They can be bought back. They will be released in the jubilee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/25.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But houses in unwalled villages are to be treated like fields; the original owner has the right to buy them back, and they are to be returned in the Year of Restoration. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/25.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />However, the houses in the villages that don't have walls around them are to be categorized along with the fields of the land—they may be redeemed and returned in the jubilee. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/25.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The houses of villages, however, which have no wall surrounding them must be considered as the field of the land; they will have the right of redemption and must revert in the jubilee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But the houses of the villages which have no walls around them, shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubilee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/25.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But the houses of the villages which have no wall around them shall be accounted for with the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And a house of the villages which have no surrounding wall is reckoned on the field of the country; there is redemption for it, and it goes out in the Jubilee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the houses of the villages which to them not being walled round about, shall be reckoned for a field of the land: redemption shall be to it, and it shall go forth in the jubilee.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But if the house be in a village, that hath no walls, it shall be sold according to the same law as the fields: if it be not redeemed before, in the jubilee it shall return to the owner. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But if the house is in a village, which has no walls, it shall be sold by the law of the fields. If it has not been redeemed beforehand, then in the Jubilee it shall return to the owner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/25.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />However, houses in villages that are not encircled by walls shall be reckoned as part of the surrounding farm land; they may be redeemed, and in the jubilee they must be released.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But houses in villages that have no walls around them shall be classed as open country; they may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the jubilee.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But the houses of the villages which have no walls round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country; they may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the jubilee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />But the houses of the country without a wall surrounding them as a field of the land, they shall be considered redemption; it shall be theirs, and in the restoration they will come forth.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But the houses in the villages which have not a wall round about them, shall be reckoned as the fields of the country: they shall always be redeemable, and they shall go out in the release.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/25-31.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=6881" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/25.htm">The Law of Redemption</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">30</span>If it is not redeemed by the end of a full year, then the house in the walled city is permanently transferred to its buyer and his descendants. It is not to be released in the Jubilee. <span class="reftext">31</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: ū·ḇāt·tê (Conj-w:: N-mpc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">But houses</a> <a href="/hebrew/2691.htm" title="2691: ha·ḥă·ṣê·rîm (Art:: N-cp) -- A yard, a hamlet.">in villages</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">with</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: ’ên- (Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">no</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep-l:: Pro-3mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/2346.htm" title="2346: ḥō·māh (N-fs) -- A wall. Feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join; a wall of protection.">walls</a> <a href="/hebrew/5439.htm" title="5439: sā·ḇîḇ (Adv) -- Circuit, round about. Or cbiybah; from cabab; a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly around.">around them</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2803.htm" title="2803: yê·ḥā·šêḇ (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- To think, account. ">are to be considered</a> <a href="/hebrew/7704.htm" title="7704: śə·ḏêh (N-msc) -- Field, land. Or saday; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field.">as open fields.</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1353.htm" title="1353: gə·’ul·lāh (N-fs) -- Redemption, perhaps kin. Feminine passive participle of ga'al; redemption; by implication, relationship.">They may be redeemed,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: tih·yeh- (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">and they shall be</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: yê·ṣê (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">released</a> <a href="/hebrew/3104.htm" title="3104: ū·ḇay·yō·ḇêl (Conj-w, Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A ram, ram's horn (a wind instrument). ">in the Jubilee.</a> </span><span class="reftext">32</span>As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the cities they possess.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/35-2.htm">Numbers 35:2-8</a></span><br />“Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities. / The cities will be for them to live in, and the pasturelands will be for their herds, their flocks, and all their other livestock. / The pasturelands around the cities you are to give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the wall on every side. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/21-2.htm">Joshua 21:2-3</a></span><br />at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said to them, “The LORD commanded through Moses that we be given cities in which to live, together with pasturelands for our livestock.” / So by the command of the LORD, the Israelites gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands out of their own inheritance:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/6-54.htm">1 Chronicles 6:54-81</a></span><br />Now these were the territories assigned to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clan for their settlements, because the first lot fell to them: / They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands. / But the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/48-14.htm">Ezekiel 48:14</a></span><br />They must not sell or exchange any of it, and they must not transfer this best part of the land, for it is holy to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/11-3.htm">Nehemiah 11:3</a></span><br />These are the heads of the provinces who settled in Jerusalem. (In the villages of Judah, however, each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/20-34.htm">1 Kings 20:34</a></span><br />Ben-hadad said to him, “I will restore the cities my father took from your father; you may set up your own marketplaces in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” “By this treaty I release you,” Ahab replied. So he made a treaty with him and sent him away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/32-7.htm">Jeremiah 32:7-15</a></span><br />Behold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, ‘Buy for yourself my field in Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it.’ / Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’” Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD. / So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and I weighed out seventeen shekels of silver. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ruth/4-3.htm">Ruth 4:3-4</a></span><br />And he said to the kinsman-redeemer, “Naomi, who has returned from the land of Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech. / I thought I should inform you that you may buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do so. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so I may know, because there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.” “I will redeem it,” he replied.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/47-20.htm">Genesis 47:20-22</a></span><br />So Joseph acquired for Pharaoh all the land in Egypt; the Egyptians, one and all, sold their fields because the famine was so severe upon them. The land became Pharaoh’s, / and Joseph reduced the people to servitude from one end of Egypt to the other. / However, he did not acquire the priests’ portion of the land, for it had been given to them by Pharaoh. They ate the rations that Pharaoh supplied; so they did not sell their land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/18-6.htm">Deuteronomy 18:6-8</a></span><br />Now if a Levite moves from any town of residence throughout Israel and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose, / then he shall serve in the name of the LORD his God like all his fellow Levites who stand there before the LORD. / They shall eat equal portions, even though he has received money from the sale of his father’s estate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/19-29.htm">Matthew 19:29</a></span><br />And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/4-34.htm">Acts 4:34-37</a></span><br />There were no needy ones among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the proceeds from the sales, / and lay them at the apostles’ feet for distribution to anyone as he had need. / Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (meaning Son of Encouragement), ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-9.htm">Hebrews 11:9-10</a></span><br />By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. / For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/18-29.htm">Luke 18:29-30</a></span><br />“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God / will fail to receive many times more in this age—and in the age to come, eternal life.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/10-29.htm">Mark 10:29-30</a></span><br />“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for My sake and for the gospel / will fail to receive a hundredfold in the present age—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, along with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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 jubilee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/49-7.htm">Psalm 49:7,8</a></b></br> None <i>of them</i> can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/30-33.htm">Considered</a> <a href="/exodus/38-25.htm">Counted</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-24.htm">Country</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-12.htm">Field</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-12.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-30.htm">House</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-26.htm">However</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-30.htm">Jubilee</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-5.htm">Open</a> <a href="/genesis/46-32.htm">Owners</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-30.htm">Property</a> <a 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href="/leviticus/25-34.htm">Open</a> <a href="/numbers/21-28.htm">Owners</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-33.htm">Property</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-50.htm">Reckoned</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-33.htm">Redeemed</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-32.htm">Redemption</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-33.htm">Released</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-24.htm">Revert</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/25-6.htm">Rights</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-44.htm">Round</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-22.htm">Small</a> <a href="/numbers/3-26.htm">Surrounding</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-32.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/numbers/13-19.htm">Unwalled</a> <a href="/numbers/21-25.htm">Villages</a> <a href="/numbers/22-24.htm">Wall</a> <a href="/numbers/22-24.htm">Walls</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 25</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-1.htm">the Sabbath of the seventh year</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-8.htm">The jubilee in the fiftieth year</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-14.htm">Of oppression</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-18.htm">A blessing of obedience</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-23.htm">The redemption of land</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-29.htm">Of houses</a></span><br><span class="reftext">35. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-35.htm">Compassion to the poor</a></span><br><span class="reftext">39. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-39.htm">The usage of bondmen</a></span><br><span class="reftext">47. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/25-47.htm">The redemption of servants</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" 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|| []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/25.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/leviticus/25.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>But houses in villages with no walls around them</b><br>In ancient Israel, the distinction between walled cities and unwalled villages was significant. Walled cities provided protection and were often centers of trade and governance, while unwalled villages were more rural and agricultural. The lack of walls indicated vulnerability and a reliance on community and divine protection rather than military strength. This reflects the Israelites' dependence on God for security, as seen in <a href="/psalms/127.htm">Psalm 127:1</a>, which emphasizes that unless the Lord watches over a city, the watchmen stand guard in vain.<p><b>are to be considered as open fields</b><br>This phrase indicates that houses in unwalled villages were treated similarly to agricultural land in terms of redemption and Jubilee laws. Unlike houses in walled cities, which could be sold permanently, these properties were subject to redemption and release. This reflects the agrarian nature of Israelite society, where land was a primary source of sustenance and identity. The treatment of these houses as open fields underscores the importance of land in maintaining family heritage and economic stability, as seen in the story of Naboth's vineyard in <a href="/1_kings/21.htm">1 Kings 21</a>.<p><b>They may be redeemed</b><br>The concept of redemption here is rooted in the Levitical law, which allowed for the repurchase of property by the original owner or a close relative. This ensured that land remained within the family, preserving tribal inheritance as outlined in <a href="/numbers/36-7.htm">Numbers 36:7</a>. The redemption process is a type of Christ's redemptive work, where He redeems believers from sin, restoring them to their intended inheritance in God's kingdom, as seen in <a href="/ephesians/1-7.htm">Ephesians 1:7</a>.<p><b>and they shall be released in the Jubilee</b><br>The Jubilee, occurring every 50th year, was a time of liberation and restoration, where debts were forgiven, and land was returned to its original owners. This practice emphasized God's sovereignty over the land and His provision for His people. It foreshadows the ultimate redemption and restoration found in Christ, who proclaims the "year of the Lord's favor" in <a href="/luke/4-19.htm">Luke 4:19</a>, symbolizing spiritual freedom and the restoration of all things. The Jubilee serves as a reminder of God's grace and the hope of eternal rest and restoration in the new creation.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>- The author of Leviticus, who received the laws from God to instruct the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>- The recipients of the laws, who were to live according to God's commandments in the Promised Land.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jubilee.htm">Jubilee</a></b><br>- A special year of release and restoration occurring every 50th year, where property and people were to be freed.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/v/villages_without_walls.htm">Villages without walls</a></b><br>- Refers to rural areas or open country, as opposed to fortified cities, indicating a different set of rules for property redemption.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/r/redemption.htm">Redemption</a></b><br>- The act of reclaiming property, which in this context, involves the ability to buy back houses in unfortified villages.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_redemption.htm">Understanding Redemption</a></b><br>Redemption is a key biblical theme, symbolizing God's desire to restore and reclaim what is lost. In our lives, this can mean spiritual renewal and reclaiming our identity in Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_jubilee.htm">The Significance of Jubilee</a></b><br>The Jubilee year teaches us about God's heart for justice, mercy, and restoration. It challenges us to consider how we can practice these principles in our communities today.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_property.htm">Community and Property</a></b><br>The distinction between walled cities and open villages highlights the importance of community and shared resources. We are called to support and uplift those in less secure situations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_and_sovereignty.htm">God's Provision and Sovereignty</a></b><br>The laws of redemption and Jubilee remind us of God's provision and sovereignty over all things, encouraging us to trust Him with our resources and future.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/practical_generosity.htm">Practical Generosity</a></b><br>The principles in <a href="/bsb/leviticus/25.htm">Leviticus 25</a> encourage us to practice generosity and fairness, ensuring that we are not holding onto what should be released or shared with others.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_25.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 25</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_don't_nearby_cultures_record_jubilees.htm">Why do other civilizations around Israel not record similar extended fallow periods or Jubilees, if this commandment (Lev 25) was practiced widely?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_israel_observing_jubilee.htm">Is there any historical or archaeological evidence showing that ancient Israel consistently observed the Year of Jubilee (Lev 25)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_year_of_jubilee_signify.htm">What does the Year of Jubilee signify?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_was_nehemiah_10_31's_sabbath_feasible.htm">How can Nehemiah 10:31's strict Sabbath regulations be feasible, given the economic and agricultural demands of that era?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/25.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(31) <span class= "bld">But the houses of the villages which have no wall.</span>--Houses in villages, however, form an exception. They are part of the landed property, and hence, like the cultivated land on which they are erected, are subject to the law of jubile.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/25-31.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">But houses</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבָתֵּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇāt·tê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in villages</span><br /><span class="heb">הַחֲצֵרִ֗ים</span> <span class="translit">(ha·ḥă·ṣê·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2691.htm">Strong's 2691: </a> </span><span class="str2">A yard, a hamlet</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֨ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">no</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵין־</span> <span class="translit">(’ên-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">walls</span><br /><span class="heb">חֹמָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(ḥō·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2346.htm">Strong's 2346: </a> </span><span class="str2">A wall of protection</span><br /><br /><span class="word">around them</span><br /><span class="heb">סָבִ֔יב</span> <span class="translit">(sā·ḇîḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5439.htm">Strong's 5439: </a> </span><span class="str2">A circle, neighbour, environs, around</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are considered</span><br /><span class="heb">יֵחָשֵׁ֑ב</span> <span class="translit">(yê·ḥā·šêḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2803.htm">Strong's 2803: </a> </span><span class="str2">To think, account</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as open fields.</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׂדֵ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(śə·ḏêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7704.htm">Strong's 7704: </a> </span><span class="str2">Field, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">They may be redeemed,</span><br /><span class="heb">גְּאֻלָּה֙</span> <span class="translit">(gə·’ul·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1353.htm">Strong's 1353: </a> </span><span class="str2">Redemption, relationship</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and they shall be</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּהְיֶה־</span> <span class="translit">(tih·yeh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">released</span><br /><span class="heb">יֵצֵֽא׃</span> <span class="translit">(yê·ṣê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the Jubilee.</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבַיֹּבֵ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇay·yō·ḇêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3104.htm">Strong's 3104: </a> </span><span class="str2">A ram, ram's horn (a wind instrument)</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/25-31.htm">Leviticus 25:31 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/25-31.htm">Leviticus 25:31 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/25-31.htm">Leviticus 25:31 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/25-31.htm">Leviticus 25:31 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/25-31.htm">Leviticus 25:31 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/25-31.htm">Leviticus 25:31 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/25-31.htm">Leviticus 25:31 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/25-31.htm">Leviticus 25:31 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/25-31.htm">Leviticus 25:31 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/25-31.htm">Leviticus 25:31 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/25-31.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 25:31 But the houses of the villages which (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/25-30.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 25:30"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 25:30" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/25-32.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 25:32"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 25:32" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>