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The table below presents
two contradictory verses.
Both verses talk about
the status of land ownership in the Jubilee year.
The underlined words highlight the contradiction.
One verse says
Sold land does revert to its owner in the Jubilee year,
while the other verse says
Inherited land does not revert to its owner in the Jubilee year.
Which is it?
Does land revert to the owner in the Jubilee year or not?
Rashi simply resolves this using the
2-aspects
method:
Sold land reverts back to the original owner in
the Jubilee year. But inherited land - e.g.,
the land inherited by the son of a marriage of a
Reuvenite daughter, who inherited her father, and
then married a Shimonite man, followed by the death of the 2 parents -
does not change status in the Jubilee year and consequently this
land, which was initially Reubenite, would become Shimonite, since
the son's tribal status is patrilineal.
Summary
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Verse / Source
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Text of verse / Source
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Sold land reverts to the owner in the Jubilee year
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Lv25-25:28
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If your brother becomes poor, and has sold away some of his possession, then if any of his kin comes to redeem it, ....
But if he is not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him who has bought it
until the year of jubilee; and in the jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his possession.
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Inherited land remains as is in the Jubilee year
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Nu36-02:04
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And they said, The Lord commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the people of Israel; and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.
And if they are married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the people of Israel,
[Rashi: And e.g. the mother dies and her son inherits her]
then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers,
and shall be given to the inheritance of the tribe where they are received;
[Rashi: Because tribal status is patrilineal ]
so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance.
And when the jubilee of the people of Israel shall be,
then shall their inheritance be [permanantly] added to the inheritance of the tribe where they are received; so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.
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Resolution:
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2-Aspects
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Sold land reverts back to the original owner in
the Jubilee year. But inherited land - e.g.,
the land inherited by the son of a marriage of a
Reuvenite daughter, who inherited her father, and
then married a Shimonite man, followed by the death of the 2 parents -
does not change status in the Jubilee year and consequently this
land, which was initially Reubenite, would become Shimonite, since
the son's tribal status is patrilineal.
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