City houses, villages, and Levite land

Sabbath Years and Jubilee · Leviticus 25

Story guide: A walled city house, an unwalled village home with fields, and a Levite town with surrounding pasture appear in one connected landscape as elders explain their differing redemption rules. A full circle of seasonal markers surrounds the city house, while village and Levite holdings remain tied to Jubilee. No labels, map grid, eviction, modern architecture, or visible deity.

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29If a man sells a house for dwelling in a walled city, its redemption may be made until the completion of a full year from its sale; its right of redemption shall last for days, that is, a full year.

30But if it is not redeemed before a full year is completed for it, then the house that is in a city that has no wall shall pass permanently to the one who bought it, throughout his generations; it shall not go out in the Jubilee.

31But the houses of the villages that have no wall around them shall be regarded as the fields of the land; redemption shall be available for them, and in the Jubilee they shall go out.

32As for the cities of the Levites, the houses in the cities of their possession may be redeemed permanently by the Levites.

33And if one of the Levites redeems it, then the sale of the house in the city of his possession shall be released in the Jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the sons of Israel.

34But the field of pastureland belonging to their cities must not be sold, for it is their permanent possession.

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