"The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land {is} mine; for ye {are} strangers and sojourners with me. {for ever: o…" — Leviticus 25:23

Leviticus 25:23 · KJV

“The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land {is} mine; for ye {are} strangers and sojourners with me. {for ever: or, to be quite cut off: Heb. for cutting off}”

— Leviticus 25:23

Verse 22

And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat {yet} of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat {of} the old {store}.

Verse 24

And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.

Leviticus 25 — Context

Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.

And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat {yet} of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat {of} the old {store}.

The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land {is} mine; for ye {are} strangers and sojourners with me. {for ever: or, to be quite cut off: Heb. for cutting off}

And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.

If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away {some} of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.

Cross References

1 Peter 2:11

Dearly beloved, I beseech {you} as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

Psalms 24:1

[A Psalm of David.] The earth {is} the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

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.

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. {abiding: Heb. expectation}

Psalms 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}.

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. {Rejoice...: or, Praise his people, ye nations: or, Sing ye}

Exodus 19:5

Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth {is} mine:

Joel 2:18

Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.