Mitzvah #300 Negative Prohibition (Mitzvah Lo Ta'asseh)
„Do not sell the fields of the Levites but they shall belong to Levites before and after the Jubilee year“
Scripture Reference: LEV 25:34 (Torah Portion (Parashah): B'har)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
'But pasture fields of their cities shall not be sold, for that is their perpetual possession.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
לד וּשְׂדֵה מִגְרַשׁ עָרֵיהֶם, לֹא יִמָּכֵר: כִּי-אֲחֻזַּת עוֹלָם הוּא, לָהֶם. {ס}
Greek Text (Septuagint)
34 καὶ οἱ ἀγροὶ οἱ ἀφωρισμένοι ταῖς πόλεσιν αὐτῶν οὐ πραθήσονται, ὅτι κατάσχεσις αἰωνία τοῦτο αὐτῶν ἐστιν.
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) B'har
Sefer HaChinuch Number #342
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Seeds (Buch 7)
Section: The Sabbatical Year and the Jubilee
Systematic Category (P119f) Shemittah and Yovel