“Anyone who sells a house inside a walled town has the right to buy it back for a full year after its sale. During that year, the seller retains the right to buy it back.
Parallel translations
- WEB “‘If a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it has been sold. For a full year he shall have the right of redemption.
- KJV 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.
- BSB If a man sells a house in a walled city, he retains his right of redemption until a full year after its sale; during that year it may be redeemed.
- NKJV ‘If a man sells a house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year he may redeem it.
- NASB ‘Likewise, if a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, then his redemption right remains valid until a full year after its sale; his right of redemption lasts a full year.
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Quick answer
A house in a walled city could be redeemed only within one year of its sale. Urban property followed different rules than farmland.
Overview
Houses in walled cities had a limited, one-year window for redemption rather than reverting at Jubilee. This distinction recognized that city dwellings were not tied to the agricultural inheritance the same way. It shows the law's careful, practical wisdom in balancing different kinds of property.
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