Negative Commandment #300 of 613
Do not sell the fields of the Levites but they shall belong to Levites before and after the Jubilee year
Commandment #300 — a prohibition from Leviticus 25:34, classified under Shemittah and Yovel in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'But pasture fields of their cities shall not be sold, for that is their perpetual possession.”
— Leviticus 25:34
Hebrew
לד וּשְׂדֵה מִגְרַשׁ עָרֵיהֶם, לֹא יִמָּכֵר: כִּי-אֲחֻזַּת עוֹלָם הוּא, לָהֶם. {ס}
Greek (Septuagint)
34 καὶ οἱ ἀγροὶ οἱ ἀφωρισμένοι ταῖς πόλεσιν αὐτῶν οὐ πραθήσονται, ὅτι κατάσχεσις αἰωνία τοῦτο αὐτῶν ἐστιν.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Shemittah and Yovel
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 25
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- B'har
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #342
- Mishneh Torah
- SeedsThe Sabbatical Year and the Jubilee
Related Commandments in “Shemittah and Yovel”
#279: The land shall rest unworked during the seventh year
Exodus 34:21
#280: Do not work the land during the seventh year
Leviticus 25:4
#281: Do not work with trees to produce fruit during the seventh year
Leviticus 25:4
#282: Do not reap crops that grow wild during the seventh year in the normal manner
Leviticus 25:5
#283: Do not gather grapes which grow wild during the seventh year in the normal way
Leviticus 25:5
#284: Leave free all produce which grew in the seventh year
Exodus 23:11
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