OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 23

Leviticus 25:23

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“‘The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; for you are strangers and live as foreigners with me.

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Leviticus 25:20–26

20

If you said, “What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;”

21

then I will command my blessing on you in the sixth year, and it shall bear fruit for the three years.

22

You shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits from the old store until the ninth year. Until its fruits come in, you shall eat the old store.

23
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“‘The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; for you are strangers and live as foreigners with me.

24

In all the land of your possession you shall grant a redemption for the land.

25

“‘If your brother becomes poor, and sells some of his possessions, then his kinsman who is next to him shall come, and redeem that which his brother has sold.

26

If a man has no one to redeem it, and he becomes prosperous and finds sufficient means to redeem it,

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