Related%20passage for Bava Kamma 164:9
ואינה מטמאה בנגעים דכתיב (ויקרא יד, לד) ונתתי נגע צרעת בבית ארץ אחוזתכם וירושלים לא נתחלקה לשבטים
and Jerusalem [could not be included as it] was not divided among the tribes.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But was kept in trust for all Israel and could therefore not be subject to a law where absolute private ownership is referred to. ');"><sup>13</sup></span> 'That it could never be made a condemned city' — for it is written, [<i>One of</i>] <i>thy cities</i>,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XIII, 13. ');"><sup>15</sup></span>
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