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

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

These verses express the principle on which the law of Jubilee, as it regards the land, was based. The land belonged to Yahweh, and it was He who a…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

The land shall not be sold for ever. —That is, no plot of the land of Israel must be absolutely alienated from the origin…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

The land shall not be sold for ever. Since the reason for this law was specific to the children of Abraham, its provisions can hardly be a…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

The land shall not be sold for ever
That is, the land of Israel; the meaning is, any part of it, for that the whole …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

If the land were not redeemed before the year of jubilee, it then returned to him who sold or mortgaged it. This was a figure of the free grace of …

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