Leviticus 25:23 - Common English Bible

The land must not be permanently sold because the land is mine. You are just immigrants and foreign guests of mine.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

The land shall not be sold into perpetual ownership, for the land is Mine; you are [only] strangers and temporary residents with Me. [Heb. 11:13; I Pet. 2:11-17.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

Also, the land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for it is mine, and you are newcomers and settlers to me.