Leviticus 25:23

25:23 The land must not be sold without reclaim 1  because the land belongs to me, for you are foreigners and residents with me. 2 

Leviticus 25:30

25:30 If it is not redeemed before the full calendar year is ended, 3  the house in the walled city 4  will belong without reclaim 5  to the one who bought it throughout his generations; it will not revert in the jubilee.

1 tn The term rendered “without reclaim” means that the land has been bought for the full price and is, therefore, not subject to reclaim under any circumstances. This was not to be done with land in ancient Israel (contrast the final full sale of houses in v. 30; see the evidence cited in B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 174).

2 tn That is, the Israelites were strangers and residents who were attached to the Lord’s household. They did not own the land. Note the parallel to the “priest’s lodger” in Lev 22:10.

3 tn Heb “until fulfilling to it a complete year.’

4 tn Heb “the house which [is] in the city which to it [is] a wall.” The Kethib has לֹא (lo’, “no, not”) rather than לוֹ (lo, “to it”) which is the Qere.

5 tn See the note on v. 23 above.