But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
WEB
But the open pastureland around their cities may not be sold, for this is their permanent possession.
YLT
And a field, a suburb of their cities, is not sold; for a possession age-during it is to them.
DBT
And the field of the suburbs of their cities shall not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentLeviticus — A holy people before a holy God. Five offerings, a priesthood, a purity code — and at the centre, a single day that carries the sins of a year to a cleansed Most Holy Place.
- Author
- Moses — receives these laws at Sinai; the repeated formula is ‘the LORD spake unto Moses, saying’
- Date
- Composed during Israel's year at Sinai (15th–13th century BC)