Bible Strands
Leviticus 25:34
But the open pastureland around their cities may not be sold, for this is their permanent possession.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses Israel through Moses at Sinai, establishing land and property regulations during the Jubilee cycle.
The words — מִגְרַ֥שׁ (mig.Rash) = pasture land; עוֹלָ֛ם (o.Lam) = perpetuity.
The thread — Leviticus 25:23 grounds this restriction in God’s permanent ownership of the earth, while Numbers 35:2 commands the Israelites to allocate these exact pasturelands to the Levites.
Why it lands — The text explicitly forbids selling the open fields surrounding Levitical cities to secure their permanent inheritance, requiring readers to enforce legal boundaries that protect the economic base of the priestly tribe.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
Cross-references
- Leviticus 25:23 The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.
- Acts 4:36 Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (meaning Son of Encouragement),
- Numbers 35:2 “Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.