- But houses in villages without walls around them are to be considered as open country. They can be redeemed, and they are to be returned in the Jubilee.
- " 'The Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the Levitical towns, which they possess.
- So the property of the Levites is redeemable--that is, a house sold in any town they hold--and is to be returned in the Jubilee, because the houses in the towns of the Levites are their property among the Israelites.
- But the pastureland belonging to their towns must not be sold; it is their permanent possession.
- " 'If one of your countrymen becomes poor and is unable to support himself among you, help him as you would an alien or a temporary resident, so he can continue to live among you.
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- '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.
- 'As for cities of the Levites, the Levites have a permanent right of redemption for the houses of the cities which are their possession.
- 'What, therefore, belongs to the Levites may be redeemed and a house sale in the city of this possession reverts in the jubilee, for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the sons of Israel.
- 'But pasture fields of their cities shall not be sold, for that is their perpetual possession.
- 'Now in case a countryman of yours becomes poor and his means with regard to you falter, then you are to sustain him, like a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with you.
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