Genesis 17:8

Genesis 16 Genesis 18

Genesis 17:8 New King James Version (NKJV)

⁸Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in^[a] which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.”

Footnotes:

Genesis 17:8 Lit. of your sojournings

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Leviticus 25:23

Leviticus 24 Leviticus 26

Leviticus 25:23 New King James Version (NKJV)

Redemption of Property

²³‘The land shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are strangers and sojourners with Me.

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1 Chronicles 29:15

1 Chronicles 28 2 Chronicles 1

1 Chronicles 29:15 New King James Version (NKJV)

¹⁵For we are ^[a]aliens and ^[b]pilgrims before You,
As were all our fathers;
Our days on earth are as a shadow,
And without hope.

Footnotes:

1 Chronicles 29:15 sojourners, temporary residents
1 Chronicles 29:15 transients, temporary residents in an even more temporary sense

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Psalm 39:12

Psalm 38 Psalm 40

Psalm 39:12 New King James Version (NKJV)

¹²“Hear my prayer, O Lord,
And give ear to my cry;
Do not be silent at my tears;
For I am a stranger with You,
A sojourner, as all my fathers were.

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Psalm 105:12

Psalm 104 Psalm 106

Psalm 105:12 New King James Version (NKJV)

¹²When they were few in number,
Indeed very few, and strangers in it.

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Psalm 119:19

Psalm 118 Psalm 120

Psalm 119:19 New King James Version (NKJV)

¹⁹I am a stranger in the earth;
Do not hide Your commandments from me.

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Hebrews 11:9

Hebrews 10 Hebrews 12

Hebrews 11:9 New King James Version (NKJV)

⁹By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise;

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Hebrews 11:13

Hebrews 10 Hebrews 12

Hebrews 11:13 New King James Version (NKJV)

The Heavenly Hope

¹³These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off ^[a]were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.