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Thus, if one buys a house or city from the Levites, it must be released by the jubilee. [This is because] houses in the Levites' cities are their hereditary property among the Israelites.
Va'asher yig'al min-haLevi'im veyatsa mimkar-bayit ve'ir achuzato bayovel ki vatey arey haLevi'im hi achuzatam betoch beney Yisra'el. |
| 25:34 |
Similarly, the open areas surrounding their cities shall not be sold [permanently], because it is their hereditary property forever.
Usedeh migrash areyhem lo yimacher ki-achuzat olam hu lahem. |
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Commentary:
buys
(Saadia; Rashi). Literally, 'redeems.'
| open areas...
Migrash in Hebrew. This is an area of 3000 cubits (Numbers 35:4,5) or 0.85 mile around the city (Sotah 37b; Yad, Shemitah 13:2).
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(Saadia). Or, 'for other than their original purpose' (Arkhin 33b; Yad, Shemitah 13:5; Ralbag).
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