Halakhah for Numbers 36:7
וְלֹֽא־תִסֹּ֤ב נַחֲלָה֙ לִבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִמַּטֶּ֖ה אֶל־מַטֶּ֑ה כִּ֣י אִ֗ישׁ בְּנַחֲלַת֙ מַטֵּ֣ה אֲבֹתָ֔יו יִדְבְּק֖וּ בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
So shall no inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe; for the children of Israel shall cleave every one to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
Sefer HaChinukh
Fields of holding are those that came as an inheritance to each Israelite in the division of the Land, as well as anyone who merited and had his holding added to, due to shifts in the possession by a daughter that inherits possession. As it is a well-known thing that "and the possession should not move" (Numbers 36:7), was only stated about that generation alone. These are the ones called the fields of holding, and their laws are a novelty from the Torah - differing from other lands for the purposes of redemption: As a field of holding can be redeemed by the seller or its redeemer after two years, against the will of the buyer; whereas other fields - which are called a purchased field - can only be redeemed with the buyers consent, [or else] they stay with the buyer until the Jubilee.
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