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Lev. 25:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

The land shall not be sold κfor ever: for the land is mineb; for ye are strangersc and sojourners with me.

for cutting off, or, to be quite cut off.

2 Chron. 7:20• ²⁰then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed to my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples. (2 Chron. 7:20)

Psa. 39:12• ¹²Hear my prayer, Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; be not silent at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, a sojourner, like all my fathers. (Psa. 39:12)

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The land.

Lev. 25:10• ¹⁰And ye shall hallow the year of the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty in the land unto all the inhabitants thereof; a year of jubilee shall it be unto you, and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family; (Lev. 25:10)

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1 Kings 21:3• ³And Naboth said to Ahab, Jehovah forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to thee! (1 Kings 21:3)

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Ezek. 48:14• ¹⁴And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the first-fruits of the land: for it is holy unto Jehovah. (Ezek. 48:14)

for ever.

or, to be quite cut off.

Heb. for cutting off.for the land.

Deut. 32:43• ⁴³Shout for joy, ye nations, with his people, For he avengeth the blood of his servants, And rendereth vengeance to his enemies, And maketh atonement for his land, for his people. (Deut. 32:43)

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Psa. 24:1• ¹Of David. A Psalm. The earth is Jehovah's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. (Psa. 24:1)

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Psa. 85:1• ¹To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. Thou hast been favourable, Jehovah, unto thy land; thou hast turned the captivity of Jacob: (Psa. 85:1)

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Isa. 8:8• ⁸and he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow it and go further, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel! (Isa. 8:8)

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Hos. 9:3• ³They shall not dwell in Jehovah's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and in Assyria shall they eat that which is unclean. (Hos. 9:3)

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Joel 2:18• ¹⁸Then Jehovah will be jealous for his land, and will have pity on his people. (Joel 2:18)

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Joel 3:2• ²I will also gather all the nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and I will enter into judgment with them there on account of my people and mine inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations: and they have parted my land; (Joel 3:2)

for ye are.

Gen. 47:9• ⁹And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my sojourning are a hundred and thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they do not attain to the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their sojourning. (Gen. 47:9)

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1 Chron. 29:15• ¹⁵For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no hope of life. (1 Chron. 29:15)

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Psa. 39:12• ¹²Hear my prayer, Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; be not silent at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, a sojourner, like all my fathers. (Psa. 39:12)

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Psa. 119:19• ¹⁹I am a stranger in the land; hide not thy commandments from me. (Psa. 119:19)

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Heb. 11:9‑13• ⁹By faith he sojourned as a stranger in the land of promise as a foreign country, having dwelt in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise;
¹⁰for he waited for the city which has foundations, of which God is the artificer and constructor.
¹¹By faith also Sarah herself received strength for the conception of seed, and that beyond a seasonable age; since she counted him faithful who promised.
¹²Wherefore also there have been born of one, and that of one become dead, even as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the countless sand which is by the sea shore.
¹³All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar off and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth. (Heb. 11:9‑13)

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1 Peter 2:11• ¹¹Beloved, I exhort you, as strangers and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; (1 Peter 2:11)

• The land itself is held for Jehovah, as being His; it must enjoy God’s rest. (“Leviticus 25” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

And the land shall not be sold for everd; for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

JND Translation Notes

Lit. "unto extinction." so ver. 30.