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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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageCanaan was the land God promised and gave to Israel after bringing them out of Egypt, the land of their former slavery. In this law, Israel’s tenure in Canaan is conditional and stewardly: the land ultimately belongs to God, so it cannot be sold permanently.
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Leviticus 25:23 mentions Canaan and Egypt.
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