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The land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is mine: for you are strangers and sojourners with me.
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God is the True Owner
All the commentators agree that the foundational reason land could not be permanently sold was God's declaration: "the land is mine." Scholars explain that God is the supreme owner and Lord of the soil. The Israelites were allotted the land for their use, but ultimate ownership always remained with God. This establishes God's sovereignty over all creation and possessions.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
The land shall not be sold for ever. —That is, no plot of the land of Israel must be absolutely alienated from the origin…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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 …
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 …
