Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 25:31
But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubilee.
The houses of the villages belonged to and were necessary or very convenient for the management of the lands.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
But the houses of the villages, which have no walls round about them,…. As there were many in the days of Joshua, the Scripture speaks of: the Jews suppose that such are meant, even though they were afterwards walled:
shall be counted as the fields of the country; and subject to the same law as they:
they may be redeemed; at any time before the year of jubilee, and if not, then
they shall go out in the jubilee; to the original owners of them, freely, as Jarchi says, without paying anything for them.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(31) But the houses of the villages which have no wall.Houses in villages, however, form an exception. They are part of the landed property, and hence, like the cultivated land on which they are erected, are subject to the law of jubile.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Lev 25:31. They may be redeemed, and, &c. It is very evident that the and here would be rendered more properly else, or otherwise.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Lev 25:31 But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile.
Ver. 31. They may be redeemed. ] Lands and homestall had need go together.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
they may be redeemed: Heb. redemption belongeth unto it, Psa 49:7, Psa 49:8
Reciprocal: Lev 25:24 – redemption Lev 27:21 – when Eze 7:13 – the seller