Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “’The land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine and you reside in my land as foreigners and strangers. New Living Translation “The land must never be sold on a permanent basis, for the land belongs to me. You are only foreigners and tenant farmers working for me. English Standard Version “The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine. For you are strangers and sojourners with me. Berean Standard Bible The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me. King James Bible The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me. New King James Version ‘The land shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are strangers and sojourners with Me. New American Standard Bible ‘The land, moreover, shall not be sold permanently, because the land is Mine; for you are only strangers and residents with Me. NASB 1995 The land, moreover, shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are but aliens and sojourners with Me. NASB 1977 ‘The land, moreover, shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are but aliens and sojourners with Me. Legacy Standard Bible ‘The land, moreover, shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are but sojourners and foreign residents with Me. Amplified Bible ‘The land shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; you are [only] foreigners and temporary residents with Me. Christian Standard Bible “The land is not to be permanently sold because it is mine, and you are only aliens and temporary residents on my land. Holman Christian Standard Bible The land is not to be permanently sold because it is Mine, and you are only foreigners and temporary residents on My land. 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. Contemporary English Version No land may be permanently bought or sold. It all belongs to me--it isn't your land, and you only live there for a little while. English Revised Version And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is mine: for ye are strangers and sojourners with me. GOD'S WORD® Translation "Land must never be sold permanently, because the land is mine. To me you are strangers without permanent homes. Good News Translation Your land must not be sold on a permanent basis, because you do not own it; it belongs to God, and you are like foreigners who are allowed to make use of it. International Standard Version "The land is not to be sold with any finality, because the land belongs to me. You're sojourners and travelers with me. Majority Standard Bible The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me. NET Bible The land must not be sold without reclaim because the land belongs to me, for you are foreigners and residents with me. New Heart 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. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd the land is not sold—to extinction, for the land [is] Mine, for you [are] sojourners and settlers 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; Smith's Literal Translation And the land shall not be sold to be cut off, for the land is to me; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe land also shall not be sold for ever: because it is mine, and you are strangers and sojourners with me. Catholic Public Domain Version Also, the land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for it is mine, and you are newcomers and settlers to me. New American Bible The land shall not be sold irrevocably; for the land is mine, and you are but resident aliens and under my authority. New Revised Standard Version The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; with me you are but aliens and tenants. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleSurely the land shall not be sold outright; for the land is mine; you are strangers and sojourners with me. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And the land in truth shall not be sold for eternity, because the land is mine and you are inhabitants and pilgrims with me. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is Mine; for ye are strangers and settlers with Me. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the land shall not be sold for a permanence; for the land is mine, because ye are strangers and sojourners before me. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Law of Redemption23The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me. 24Thus for every piece of property you possess, you must provide for the redemption of the land.… Cross References Psalm 24:1 A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein. 1 Corinthians 10:26 for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.” Genesis 23:4 “I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.” Hebrews 11:13 All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. 1 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul. Deuteronomy 10:14 Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it. 1 Chronicles 29:15 For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope. Acts 7:5 He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child. Romans 8:22-23 We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time. / Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. Ezekiel 45:1-8 “When you divide the land by lot as an inheritance, you are to set aside a portion for the LORD, a holy portion of the land 25,000 cubits long and 20,000 cubits wide. This entire tract of land will be holy. / Within this area there is to be a section for the sanctuary 500 cubits square, with 50 cubits around it for open land. / From this holy portion, you are to measure off a length of 25,000 cubits and a width of 10,000 cubits, and in it will be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place. ... 2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. Isaiah 61:7 Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs. Matthew 5:5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Revelation 21:1-3 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. / I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. / And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God. Jeremiah 2:7 I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land and made My inheritance detestable. Treasury of Scripture The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine, for you are strangers and sojourners with me. The land Leviticus 25:10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. 1 Kings 21:3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee. Ezekiel 48:14 And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD. for ever. Deuteronomy 32:43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people. 2 Chronicles 7:20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations. Psalm 24:1 A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. for ye are Genesis 47:9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. 1 Chronicles 29:15 For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding. Psalm 39:12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. Jump to Previous Aliens Exchange Extinction Foreigners Guests Live Moreover Permanently Perpetuity Settlers Sojourners Sold Strangers Tenants TimeJump to Next Aliens Exchange Extinction Foreigners Guests Live Moreover Permanently Perpetuity Settlers Sojourners Sold Strangers Tenants TimeLeviticus 25 1. the Sabbath of the seventh year8. The jubilee in the fiftieth year 14. Of oppression 18. A blessing of obedience 23. The redemption of land 29. Of houses 35. Compassion to the poor 39. The usage of bondmen 47. The redemption of servants The land In the Hebrew text, the word for "land" is "אֶרֶץ" (eretz), which can refer to the earth, a country, or a specific territory. In the context of Leviticus, it specifically refers to the Promised Land given to the Israelites. This land was a divine gift, a tangible sign of God's covenant with His people. The land was not just a physical space but a spiritual inheritance, symbolizing God's promise and faithfulness. must not be sold permanently because the land is Mine and you are but foreigners and sojourners with Me For the land is mine.--The reason for this prohibition absolutely to cut off the patrimony from the family, is that God claims to be the supreme owner of the land (Exodus 15:17; Isaiah 14:2; Isaiah 14:25; Jeremiah 2:5; Psalm 10:16), and as the Lord of the soil He prescribes conditions on which he allotted it to the different tribes of Israel. . . . Verses 23, 24. - For the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me. Many incidental advantages, if some difficulties, arose from the jubilee law (which will be the more appreciated if we compare the evils resulting from slavery and the accumulation of land in a few hands, found in the history of Rome or any other ancient nation); but its essential features, so far as the land was concerned, was its inculcation of the lesson of the proprietorship of the Lord. Palestine was God's land: he divided it once for all in the time of Joshua among his people, and every fifty years he required that recourse should be had to that original division, in order that in each generation the people might feel themselves to be his tenants, not independent owners, possessores, not domini.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The landוְהָאָ֗רֶץ (wə·hā·’ā·reṣ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land must not לֹ֤א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no be sold תִמָּכֵר֙ (ṯim·mā·ḵêr) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 4376: To sell permanently, לִצְמִתֻ֔ת (liṣ·mi·ṯuṯ) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6783: Excision, destruction, extinction, perpetually because כִּי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction it is Mine, הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land and כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction you אַתֶּ֖ם (’at·tem) Pronoun - second person masculine plural Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you are but foreigners גֵרִ֧ים (ḡê·rîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1616: A guest, a foreigner and sojourners וְתוֹשָׁבִ֛ים (wə·ṯō·wō·šā·ḇîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8453: Resident alien with Me. עִמָּדִֽי׃ (‘im·mā·ḏî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 5978: Against, by, from, me, mine, of, that I take, unto, Links Leviticus 25:23 NIVLeviticus 25:23 NLT Leviticus 25:23 ESV Leviticus 25:23 NASB Leviticus 25:23 KJV Leviticus 25:23 BibleApps.com Leviticus 25:23 Biblia Paralela Leviticus 25:23 Chinese Bible Leviticus 25:23 French Bible Leviticus 25:23 Catholic Bible OT Law: Leviticus 25:23 The land shall not be sold (Le Lv Lev.) |
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