Leviticus 25:23

New Century Version

“ ‘The land really belongs to me, so you can’t sell it for all time. You are only foreigners and travelers living for a while on my land.

Cross References

Genesis 23:4

“I am only a stranger and a foreigner here. Sell me some of your land so that I can bury my dead wife.”

Genesis 47:9

Jacob said to him, “My life has been spent wandering from place to place. It has been short and filled with trouble—only one hundred thirty years. My ancestors lived much longer than I.”

1 Kings 21:3

Naboth answered, “May the Lord keep me from ever giving my land to you. It belongs to my family.”

1 Chronicles 29:15

We are like foreigners and strangers, as our ancestors were. Our time on earth is like a shadow. There is no hope.

2 Chronicles 7:20

If you do, I will take the Israelites out of my land, the land I have given them, and I will leave this Temple that I have made holy. All the nations will make fun of it and speak evil about it.

Psalm 119:19

I am a stranger on earth. Do not hide your commands from me.

Psalm 24:1

The earth belongs to the Lord, and everything in it— the world and all its people.

Psalm 39:12

“Lord, hear my prayer, and listen to my cry. Do not ignore my tears. I am like a visitor with you. Like my ancestors, I’m only here a short time.

Psalm 39:13

Leave me alone so I can be happy before I leave and am no more.”

Psalm 85:1

Lord, you have been kind to your land; you brought back the people of Jacob.

Exodus 19:5

So now if you obey me and keep my agreement, you will be my own possession, chosen from all nations. Even though the whole earth is mine,

Exodus 2:22

Zipporah gave birth to a son. Moses named him Gershom, because Moses was a stranger in a land that was not his own.

Isaiah 8:8

That water will flow into Judah and pass through it, rising to Judah’s throat. Immanuel, this army will spread its wings like a bird until it covers your whole country.”

Ezekiel 48:14

The Levites are not to sell or trade any of this land. They are not to let anyone else own any of this best part of the land, because it belongs to the Lord.

Hosea 9:3

The people will not stay in the Lord’s land. Israel will return to being captives as they were in Egypt, and in Assyria they will eat food that they are not allowed to eat.

Joel 2:18

Then the Lord became concerned about his land and felt sorry for his people.

Joel 3:2

I will gather all the nations together and bring them down into the Valley Where the Lord Judges. There I will judge them, because those nations scattered my own people Israel and forced them to live in other nations. They divided up my land

Leviticus 25:10

Make the fiftieth year a special year, and announce freedom for all the people living in your country. This time will be called Jubilee. You will each go back to your own property, each to your own family and family group.

Leviticus 25:24

People might sell their land, but it must always be possible for the family to get its land back.

Deuteronomy 32:43

Be happy, nations, with his people, because he will repay you for the blood of his servants. He will punish his enemies, and he will remove the sin of his land and people.

1 Peter 2:11

Dear friends, you are like foreigners and strangers in this world. I beg you to avoid the evil things your bodies want to do that fight against your soul.