Leviticus 25:23 “The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are…”

Leviticus 25:23

The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

World English Bible

“‘The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; for you are strangers and live as foreigners with me.

American Standard Version

And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is mine: for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

Geneva Bible 1599

Also the lande shall not be solde to be cut off from the familie: for the land is mine, and ye be but strangers and soiourners with me.

Darby Translation

And the land shall not be sold for ever; for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

Young's Literal Translation

'And the land is not sold — to extinction, for the land [is] Mine, for sojourners and settlers [are] ye with Me;

Bible in Basic English

No exchange of land may be for ever, for the land is mine, and you are as my guests, living with me for a time.

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Cross references

“The land”

Ezekiel 48:14 Leviticus 25:10 1 Kings 21:3

Ezekiel 48:14 · BSB

They must not sell or exchange any of it, and they must not transfer this best part of the land, for it is holy to the LORD.

Leviticus 25:10 · BSB

So you are to consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty in the land for all its inhabitants. It shall be your Jubilee, when each of you is to return to his property and to his clan.

1 Kings 21:3 · BSB

But Naboth replied, “The LORD forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.”

“for the land”

Psalm 24:1 Deuteronomy 32:43 2 Chronicles 7:20 Psalm 85:1 Hosea 9:3 Joel 2:18

Psalm 24:1 · BSB

The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.

Deuteronomy 32:43 · BSB

Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, and let all God’s angels worship Him. Rejoice, O nations, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His children. He will take vengeance on His adversaries and repay those who hate Hi…

2 Chronicles 7:20 · BSB

then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.

Psalm 85:1 · BSB

You showed favor to Your land, O LORD; You restored Jacob from captivity.

Hosea 9:3 · BSB

They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.

Joel 2:18 · BSB

Then the LORD became jealous for His land, and He spared His people.

“for ye are”

1 Peter 2:11 1 Chronicles 29:15 Psalm 39:12 Genesis 47:9 Psalm 119:19 Hebrews 11:9–13

1 Peter 2:11 · BSB

Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.

1 Chronicles 29:15 · BSB

For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

Psalm 39:12 · BSB

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.

Genesis 47:9 · BSB

“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”

Psalm 119:19 · BSB

I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.

Hebrews 11:9–13 · BSB

By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.

Also

Exodus 19:5 Genesis 23:4

Exodus 19:5 · BSB

Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.

Genesis 23:4 · BSB

“I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

22While you are sowing in the eighth year, you will be eating from the previous harvest, until the ninth year’s harvest comes in.

24Thus for every piece of property you possess, you must provide for the redemption of the land.

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