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Leviticus 25:23

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¶ The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
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  1. 1 Peter 2:11Rank 1 from verse 23
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    11Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

  2. Ezekiel 48:14Rank 2 from verse 23
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    14And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the Lord.

  3. 1 Chronicles 29:15Rank 3 from verse 23
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    15For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.

  4. Psalms 24:1Rank 4 from verse 23
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    1THE earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

  5. Psalms 39:12Rank 5 from verse 23
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    12Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

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Leviticus 25:23

COMBINED MEANING

land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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for ever

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1. Without end; for all time. 2. Continually or permanently throughout the duration in view.

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ever

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At any time; always or continually; throughout all time or for ever.

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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22And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store.

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

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24And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.

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