Levitikus 25:30

30 Wo er's aber nicht löst, ehe denn das ganze Jahr um ist, so soll's der Käufer für immer behalten und seine Nachkommen, und es soll nicht frei werden im Halljahr. {~} {~}

Levitikus 25:30 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 25:30

And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year,
&c.] Either by the seller or any man of kin to him:

then the house that [is] in the walled city shall be established for
ever to him that bought it, throughout his generation;
after twelve months were elapsed it was not redeemable by any, but to be held by the purchaser and his heirs for ever:

it shall not go out in the jubilee;
from the purchaser or his heirs, to the seller or his heirs; for houses were not like lands, the gift of God, and held under him, but were built by men, and were their absolute property, and therefore they could dispose of them, and they that bought them could hold them after the above mentioned time; nor was there any danger of confounding tribes and families by retaining them: this law was made to encourage persons to settle in walled towns, to make and keep them populous, and to make owners of them careful not to sell them: the Jewish canon is this; when the day of the twelfth month is come, and it (the house) is not redeemed, it is absolutely his, whether he bought it or whether it was given him, as it is said, ( Leviticus 25:30 ) ; and if in the beginning of the day of the twelfth month he (the purchaser) hides himself, that it may be confirmed to him or be his absolutely; Hillel, the elder, ordered that he (the seller) should put his money in the chamber (belonging to the sanhedrim) and break open the door, and go in; and when he would, he (the purchaser) might come, and take his money ^F9; but otherwise, if he suffers this time to pass it is irredeemable, nor will the year of jubilee help him: the Jews except the city of Jerusalem from this law, because, they say, that does not belong to any tribe ^F11.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 Misn. Eracin, c. 9. sect. 4.
F11 T. Bab. Bava Kama, fol. 82. 2.

Levitikus 25:30 In-Context

28 Kann aber seine Hand nicht so viel finden, daß er's ihm wiedergebe, so soll, was er verkauft hat, in der Hand des Käufers bleiben bis zum Halljahr; in demselben soll es frei werden und er wieder zu seiner Habe kommen.

29 Wer ein Wohnhaus verkauft in einer Stadt mit Mauern, der hat ein ganzes Jahr Frist, dasselbe wieder zu lösen; das soll die Zeit sein, darin er es lösen kann.

30 Wo er's aber nicht löst, ehe denn das ganze Jahr um ist, so soll's der Käufer für immer behalten und seine Nachkommen, und es soll nicht frei werden im Halljahr. {~} {~}

31 Ist's aber ein Haus auf dem Dorfe, um das keine Mauer ist, das soll man dem Feld des Landes gleich rechnen, und es soll können los werden und im Halljahr frei werden.

32 Die Städte der Leviten aber, nämlich die Häuser in den Städten, darin ihre Habe ist, können immerdar gelöst werden. {~}