Leviticus 25:33

“And if a man purchase of the Levites, etc.] An house or city, as Jarchi, and which the following clause confirms, that is, if a common Israelite made such a purchase, then it was redeemable, but if a Levite purchased of a Levite, then, as the same writer observes, it was absolutely irredeemable: then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in [the year of] jubilee; to the original owner of it, as fields and houses in villages sold by the Israelites for the houses of the cities of the Levites [are] their possession among the children of Israel; and their only possession, and therefore if those, when sold, were irredeemable, they would entirely be without any; and…”

“Rather, And concerning the cities of the Levites, the houses in the cities of their possession, etc. If one of the Levites redeems a house in the city, etc. The meaning appears to be, if a Levite redeemed a house which had been sold to a person of a different tribe by another Levite, it was to revert in the Jubilee to the latter Levite as its original possessor. The purchaser of a Levite’s house was in fact only in the condition of a tenant at will, while the fields attached to the Levitical cities could never be alienated, even for a time. For the application of the law of Jubilee to lands dedicated to the service of the sanctuary, see Leviticus 27:16-25. return to 'Top of Page'”

“a man purchase of the Levites: or, one of the Levites redeem them shall go: Lev 25:28 for the houses: Num 18:20-24; Deu 18:1, Deu 18:2 Leviticus 25:34”