O nly the land of the religious leaders he did not buy. For the religious leaders received money from Pharaoh. They lived on the money Pharaoh gave them. So they did not sell their land.
أمّا الأرْضُ الوَحِيدَةُ الَّتِي لَمْ يَشْتَرِها يُوسُفُ فَكانَتْ أرْضَ الكَهَنَةِ. إذْ كانَ الكَهَنَةُ يَتَلَقُّونَ دَخلاً ثابِتاً مِنْ فِرعَوْنَ. وَلِهَذا لَمْ يُضْطَرُّوا لِبَيعِ أراضِيهِمْ.
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