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Negative commandment 227 of 365

Not to sell a field in the land of Israel in perpetuity

Maimonides

Not to sell a field in the land of Israel in perpetuity, as it is said, “And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity” (Lev. 25:23).

Leviticus 25:23

KJV
The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
ASV
And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is mine: for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
WEB
“‘The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; for you are strangers and live as foreigners with me.
JPS
And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is Mine; for ye are strangers and settlers with Me.