A very proper difference is here made between houses in a
city and houses in the country. The former might be redeemed
any time in the course of a year; but after that time could
not be redeemed, or go out with the Jubilee: the latter
might be redeemed at any time; and if not redeemed must go
out with the jubilee. The reason in both cases is
sufficiently evident; the house in the city might be built
merely for the purposes of trade or traffic--the house in the
country was builded on, or attached to, the inheritance which
God had divided to the respective families. It was therefore
necessary that the same law should apply to the house as to
the inheritance; which necessity did not exist with regard to
the house in the city. And, as the house in the city might
be purchased for the purpose of trade, it would be very
inconvenient for the purchaser, when his business was
established, to be obliged to remove.
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