Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Leviticus 25:34 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 34. 34But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
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Quick Meaning
This verse protects the surrounding Levite fields from permanent sale.
If a brother becomes poor, kin may redeem the field
This verse is one part of that explanation in Leviticus 25:25-34. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- Leviticus 25:25-34
Track the movement across 25:25-34. When Leviticus 25:34 protects the surrounding Levite fields from permanent sale, it contributes to this complete claim: A near kinsman may redeem sold land, a seller with means may recover it by calculated value, unwalled houses return at Jubilee, city houses have a one-year window, and Levite property receives special protection.
What Remains True
Protects the surrounding Levite fields from permanent sale. Within Leviticus 25:25-34, this contributes to the larger claim that a near kinsman may redeem sold land, a seller with means may recover it by calculated value, unwalled houses return at Jubilee, city houses have a one-year window, and Levite property receives special protection.
How It Can Shape Life
- When teaching Leviticus 25:34, keep the verse inside Leviticus 25:25-34. Hold this boundary: Kin protection can still exclude those without powerful relatives; modern application must not romanticize dependency. Apply only the noncoercive truth the complete unit supports.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Leviticus 25:25-34 — Kin redemption and Jubilee protect family land and Levite townsSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Leviticus 25:25-34, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Leviticus
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, ritual and legal vocabulary, names, clause relationships, KJV language controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Lev.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 25:25-34
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Leviticus with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
eBible.org distribution of the NET Bible, PDF generated 2025-12-31
Supports: Unit-bounded translator notes on Hebrew, syntax, ritual vocabulary, measures, textual questions, and older-English wording; silence is not treated as evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible Leviticus PDF, complete PDF pp. 1-99, translation and translator notes for 25:25-34
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