But houses in villages without walls around them are to be considered as open country. They can be redeemed, and they are to be returned in the Jubilee. The village houses without walls — houses in agricultural communities — are treated like agricultural land for Jubilee purposes: they can be redeemed and return in the Jubilee. The distinction between the walled city and the unwalled village communicates that the Jubilee's protection is specifically for the agricultural community and the land-based covenant inheritance. The agricultural community's housing is part of the agricultural inheritance that the Jubilee protects.

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