Commentary for Megillah 6:13

וא"ר יהושע בן לוי כרך שישב ולבסוף הוקף נדון ככפר מ"ט דכתיב (ויקרא כה, כט) ואיש כי ימכור בית מושב עיר חומה שהוקף ולבסוף ישב ולא שישב ולבסוף הוקף

Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said: A (walled) city that was initially settled [without walls] and then was surrounded [by a wall] is treated like a village. What is the reason? Because it is written (Leviticus 25:29): "If a man shall sell a residence in a walled city"; that is, it was surrounded [by a wall] then settled, and not that it was settled and then surrounded.

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