Negative Commandment #295 of 613
Do not sell the land in Israel indefinitely
Commandment #295 — a prohibition from Leviticus 25:23, classified under Shemittah and Yovel in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“The land, moreover, shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are but aliens and sojourners with Me.”
— Leviticus 25:23
Hebrew
כג וְהָאָרֶץ, לֹא תִמָּכֵר לִצְמִתֻת--כִּי-לִי, הָאָרֶץ: כִּי-גֵרִים וְתוֹשָׁבִים אַתֶּם, עִמָּדִי.
Greek (Septuagint)
23 καὶ ἡ γῆ οὐ πραθήσεται εἰς βεβαίωσιν, ἐμὴ γάρ ἐστιν ἡ γῆ, διότι προσήλυτοι καὶ πάροικοι ὑμεῖς ἐστε ἐναντίον μου·
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Shemittah and Yovel
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 25
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- B'har
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #339
- Mishneh Torah
- SeedsThe Sabbatical Year and the Jubilee
Related Commandments in “Shemittah and Yovel”
#279: The land shall rest unworked during the seventh year
Exodus 34:21
#280: Do not work the land during the seventh year
Leviticus 25:4
#281: Do not work with trees to produce fruit during the seventh year
Leviticus 25:4
#282: Do not reap crops that grow wild during the seventh year in the normal manner
Leviticus 25:5
#283: Do not gather grapes which grow wild during the seventh year in the normal way
Leviticus 25:5
#284: Leave free all produce which grew in the seventh year
Exodus 23:11
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