23“The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine. For you are strangers and sojourners with me.
The Hebrews treated the land in this way because the land itself belonged to the Lord. They were given the use of the land by God's goodness and mercy. As such, they were called to be stewards and caretakers of God’s land.
23 “The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine. For you are strangers and sojourners with me.