Leviticus 25:23
New Living Translation
Redemption of Property
23 “The land must never be sold on a permanent basis, for the land belongs to me. You are only foreigners and tenant farmers working for me.
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1 Peter 2:11
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11 Dear friends, I warn you as “temporary residents and foreigners” to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against your very souls.
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Psalm 39:12
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12 Hear my prayer, O Lord!
Listen to my cries for help!
Don’t ignore my tears.
For I am your guest—
a traveler passing through,
as my ancestors were before me.
Ezekiel 48:14
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14 None of this special land may ever be sold or traded or used by others, for it belongs to the Lord; it is set apart as holy.
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Psalm 24:1
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Psalm 24
A psalm of David.
1 The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.
The world and all its people belong to him.
1 Chronicles 29:15
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15 We are here for only a moment, visitors and strangers in the land as our ancestors were before us. Our days on earth are like a passing shadow, gone so soon without a trace.
Deuteronomy 32:43
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43 “Rejoice with him, you heavens,
and let all of God’s angels worship him.[a]
Rejoice with his people, you Gentiles,
and let all the angels be strengthened in him.[b]
For he will avenge the blood of his children[c];
he will take revenge against his enemies.
He will repay those who hate him[d]
and cleanse his people’s land.”
Footnotes
- 32:43a As in Dead Sea Scrolls and Greek version; Masoretic Text lacks the first two lines. Compare Heb 1:6.
- 32:43b As in Greek version; Hebrew text lacks this sentence. Compare Rom 15:10.
- 32:43c As in Dead Sea Scrolls and Greek version; Masoretic Text reads his servants.
- 32:43d As in Dead Sea Scrolls and Greek version; Masoretic Text lacks this line.
Exodus 19:5
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5 Now if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure from among all the peoples on earth; for all the earth belongs to me.
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Joel 3:2
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2 I will gather the armies of the world
into the valley of Jehoshaphat.[a]
There I will judge them
for harming my people, my special possession,
for scattering my people among the nations,
and for dividing up my land.
Footnotes
- 3:2 Jehoshaphat means “the Lord judges.”
Joel 2:18
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The Lord’s Promise of Restoration
18 Then the Lord will pity his people
and jealously guard the honor of his land.
Hosea 9:3
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3 You may no longer stay here in the Lord’s land.
Instead, you will return to Egypt,
and in Assyria you will eat food
that is ceremonially unclean.
Psalm 85:1
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Psalm 85
For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah.
1 Lord, you poured out blessings on your land!
You restored the fortunes of Israel.[a]
2 Chronicles 7:20
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20 then I will uproot the people from this land that I have given them. I will reject this Temple that I have made holy to honor my name. I will make it an object of mockery and ridicule among the nations.
Leviticus 25:10
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10 Set this year apart as holy, a time to proclaim freedom throughout the land for all who live there. It will be a jubilee year for you, when each of you may return to the land that belonged to your ancestors and return to your own clan.
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Hebrews 11:9-13
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9 And even when he reached the land God promised him, he lived there by faith—for he was like a foreigner, living in tents. And so did Isaac and Jacob, who inherited the same promise. 10 Abraham was confidently looking forward to a city with eternal foundations, a city designed and built by God.
11 It was by faith that even Sarah was able to have a child, though she was barren and was too old. She believed[a] that God would keep his promise. 12 And so a whole nation came from this one man who was as good as dead—a nation with so many people that, like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore, there is no way to count them.
13 All these people died still believing what God had promised them. They did not receive what was promised, but they saw it all from a distance and welcomed it. They agreed that they were foreigners and nomads here on earth.
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- 11:11 Or It was by faith that he [Abraham] was able to have a child, even though Sarah was barren and he was too old. He believed.
Isaiah 8:8
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8 and sweep into Judah until it is chin deep. It will spread its wings, submerging your land from one end to the other, O Immanuel.
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Psalm 119:19
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19 I am only a foreigner in the land.
Don’t hide your commands from me!
1 Kings 21:3
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3 But Naboth replied, “The Lord forbid that I should give you the inheritance that was passed down by my ancestors.”
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Genesis 47:9
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9 Jacob replied, “I have traveled this earth for 130 hard years. But my life has been short compared to the lives of my ancestors.”
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Genesis 23:4
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4 “Here I am, a stranger and a foreigner among you. Please sell me a piece of land so I can give my wife a proper burial.”
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