The land shall not be sold forever: for the land is mine; for you are strangers and sojourners with me.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
For ever. Samaritan 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, chap xxvii. 20. In that case, God re-enters upon his property, and it belongs to his priests. (Calmet)