Levítico 25:30

30 Sin embargo, si no vuelve a comprarla en el plazo de un año, la venta de la casa dentro de la ciudad amurallada no podrá revertirse. Será la propiedad permanente del comprador. No se le regresará al primer propietario en el año de jubileo.

Levítico 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.

Levítico 25:30 In-Context

28 Sin embargo, si al primer propietario no le alcanza para volver a comprar la propiedad, esta quedará en poder del nuevo propietario hasta el siguiente año de jubileo. En el año de jubileo, la propiedad volverá a los primeros dueños, a fin de que ellos puedan regresar a la tierra de su familia.

29 »Si alguien vende una casa dentro de una ciudad amurallada, esta persona tiene el derecho de volver a comprarla durante el período de un año completo después de la venta. Durante ese año, el vendedor tiene el derecho de volver a comprarla.

30 Sin embargo, si no vuelve a comprarla en el plazo de un año, la venta de la casa dentro de la ciudad amurallada no podrá revertirse. Será la propiedad permanente del comprador. No se le regresará al primer propietario en el año de jubileo.

31 Pero una casa en una aldea —un asentamiento sin murallas— será considerada como una propiedad en el campo. Está permitido volver a comprar esa casa en cualquier momento, y deberá regresarse a su primer propietario en el año de jubileo.

32 »Los levitas siempre tienen el derecho de volver a comprar una casa que vendan dentro de las ciudades que se les asignaron.