23
“‘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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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 23. For ever. Sam. version, “absolutely.” The only exception to this law is, when a person makes a vow to give some land to the Lord, and will not redeem it. Calmet. 27:20. In that case, God re-enters upon his property, and it belongs to his priests. Calmet.
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