Leviticus 25:23
The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
Cross-reference
Leviticus 25:10 institutes the jubilee where land returns to its owner, implementing the principle that land is not sold forever.
Leviticus 25:34 applies the same land ownership principle to Levite property — their land is their perpetual possession, reinforcing God's ownership.
Psalm 39:12 repeats 'sojourner with you', personalizing the same relationship of dependence on God.
1 Peter 2:11 uses 'sojourners and exiles' to urge holy living, directly applying the Leviticus concept to believers.
Hebrews 11:9-13 applies the sojourner identity to the patriarchs, showing they lived as strangers looking for a heavenly city.
Hosea 9:3 shows the consequence: because the land is the Lord's, Israel is expelled and becomes a sojourner in foreign lands.
Ezekiel 48:14 forbids selling the holy portion because it belongs to the LORD, paralleling the same principle for all land.
Psalm 119:19 calls the psalmist a sojourner on earth, applying the same temporary status to life under God's commands.
Psalm 24:1 declares the earth belongs to the LORD, mirroring the statement that the land is God's.
1 Chronicles 29:15 directly echoes 'strangers and sojourners' in David's prayer, affirming this identity before God.
1 Kings 21:3 shows Naboth refusing to sell his inheritance, directly applying the law that land must not be permanently transferred.
Genesis 47:9 uses the same 'sojourning' language; Jacob's life of pilgrimage mirrors Israel's identity.
Genesis 23:4 has Abraham call himself a sojourner, establishing the patriarchal pattern of living as an alien in the land.
Jeremiah 32:7 illustrates the land redemption law in action — Hanamel asks Jeremiah to buy a field, reflecting God's ownership and redemption.
Numbers 36:4 references the Jubilee year where inherited land returns — directly linked to the principle here that land is not permanently sold.
2 Chronicles 7:20 warns God will uproot Israel from His land, reinforcing that the land is His and He can remove them.
Joel 3:2 has God judging nations for dividing His land, reinforcing that the land is His possession.
Ezekiel 45:1 describes dividing the land as an inheritance for the Lord — echoing the principle that land belongs to God and is not to be permanently sold.