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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 25:28/אבן עזרא על ויקרא כ״ה:כ״ח

אויצא. הממכר. והנה שם תחת תאר השם ורבים כמוהו ואחר שהזכיר בית מושב ידענו כי ומכר מאחזתו שדה או כרם:

1IT SHALL GO OUT.¹¹⁴. The latter can be rendered he shall go out, or it shall go out. Hence I.E.’s comment. That which is sold shall go out. Note, a noun¹¹⁵. is used in place of an adjective.¹¹⁶ (that which is sold). Our verse reads ve-hayah mimkaro… which literally means, then his sale (mimkar) shall remain in the hand of him that has bought it. This makes no sense. Hence I.E.’s comment that it should be interpreted as, then that which he hath sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it. There are many such instances.¹¹⁷ Since Scripture states a dwelling-house in a walled city (v. 29),¹¹⁸ (v. 29) cannot be redeemed after a year has passed, then the verses that speak of property always being redeemed and if not redeemed, returning to its owners in the year of Jubilee, must speak of land. we know that and sell some of his possession (v. 25) refers to a field or a vineyard.