Leviticus 25:29-30
Release of Houses
29 “‘If a man sells a residential house in a walled city, ▼▼tn Heb “a house of a residence of a walled city.”
its right of redemption must extend ▼▼tn Heb “shall be.”
until one full year from its sale; ▼▼tn Heb “of its sale.”
its right of redemption must extend to a full calendar year. ▼▼tn Heb “days its right of redemption shall be” (see B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 176).
30If it is not redeemed before the full calendar year is ended, ▼▼tn Heb “until fulfilling to it a complete year.’
the house in the walled city ▼▼tn Heb “the house which [is] in the city which to it [is] a wall.” The Kethib has לֹא (loʾ, “no, not”) rather than לוֹ (lo, “to it”) which is the Qere.
will belong without reclaim ▼ to the one who bought it throughout his generations; it will not revert in the Jubilee.
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