Leviticus 25:23 meaning and explanation

The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.

Leviticus 25:23, Berean Standard Bible

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God speaks these words to Moses on Mount Sinai, and Moses relays them to the Israelites as they prepare to enter Canaan. The verse grounds the whole Jubilee law: land cannot be sold permanently because it belongs to God, not to Israel.

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