Leviticus 25:23

Conservative 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.

Cross References

Genesis 23:4

"I live as a foreigner in your land, and I don't own any property where I can bury my wife. Please let me buy a piece of land."

Genesis 47:9

Jacob answered, "I have lived only a hundred thirty years, and I have had to move from place to place. My parents and my grandparents also had to move from place to place. But they lived much longer, and their life was not as hard as mine."

1 Kings 21:3

Naboth answered, "This vineyard has always been in my family. I won't let you have it."

1 Chronicles 29:15

We are only foreigners living here on earth for a while, just as our ancestors were. And we will soon be gone, like a shadow that suddenly disappears.

2 Chronicles 7:20

I will pull you out of this land I gave you. I will desert this temple where I said I would be worshiped, so that people everywhere will think it is only a joke and will make fun of it.

Psalm 119:19

I live here as a stranger. Don't keep me from knowing your commands.

Psalm 24:1

(A psalm by David.) The earth and everything on it belong to the LORD. The world and its people belong to him.

Psalm 39:12

"Listen, LORD, to my prayer! My eyes are flooded with tears, as I pray to you. I am merely a stranger visiting in your home as my ancestors did.

Psalm 39:13

Stop being angry with me and let me smile again before I am dead and gone."

Psalm 85:1

(A psalm by the people of Korah for the music leader.) Our LORD, you have blessed your land and made all go well for Jacob's descendants.

Exodus 19:5

Now if you will faithfully obey me, you will be my very own people. The whole world is mine,

Exodus 2:22

And when she had a son, Moses said, "I will name him Gershom, since I am a foreigner in this country."

Isaiah 8:8

Enemy soldiers will cover Judah like a flood reaching up to your neck. But God is with us. He will spread his wings and protect our land.

Ezekiel 48:14

and they must never sell or trade any of this land--it is the best land and belongs to me.

Hosea 9:3

and you will have to leave the land of the LORD. Some of you will go to Egypt; others will go to Assyria and eat unclean food.

Joel 2:18

The LORD was deeply concerned about his land and had pity on his people.

Joel 3:2

Then in Judgment Valley I will bring together the nations that scattered my people Israel everywhere in the world, and I will bring charges against those nations. They divided up my land

Leviticus 25:10

This fiftieth year is sacred--it is a time of freedom and of celebration when everyone will receive back their original property, and slaves will return home to their families.

Leviticus 25:24

When property is being sold, the original owner must be given the first chance to buy it.

Deuteronomy 32:43

Tell the heavens to celebrate and all gods to bow down to the LORD, because he will take revenge on those hateful enemies who killed his people. He will forgive the sins of Israel and purify their land.

1 Peter 2:11

Dear friends, you are foreigners and strangers on this earth. So I beg you not to surrender to those desires that fight against you.