Leviticus 25:32

What does Leviticus 25:32 mean?

A plain-English look at Leviticus 25:32 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

But the houses in the towns of the Levites may be got back by the Levites at any time.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`As to cities of the Levites--houses of the cities of their possession--redemption age-during is to the Levites;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

The houses of Levites, which are in cities, may always be redeemed.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

But as to the cities of the Levites, the houses in the cities of their possession, the Levites shall have a perpetual right of redemption.

Context

v.31But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be reckoned with the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubilee.

v.32This passage

v.33And if one of the Levites redeem, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Joshua 21:1

    Then came near the heads of fathers’housesof the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel;

  • Numbers 35:1

    And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

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