Back to THE TORAH CONNECTION Table of Contents<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Land ownership–<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Lev 25:23 The land shall not be sold forever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Deu 19:14 Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor’s landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Deu 27:17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 1Ki 21:1-3 And it came to pass after these things, that<\/i> Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was<\/i> in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is<\/i> near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or,<\/i> if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money. And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Job 24:2 Some<\/i> remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Psa 24:1 The earth is<\/i> the LORD’S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Pro 22:28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Pro 23:10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Hos 5:10 The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore<\/i> I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Heb 11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them,<\/i> and embraced them,<\/i> and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 1Pe 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you<\/i> as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n In apportioning the inheritance of His people, it was God’s purpose to teach them, and through them the people of after generations, correct principles concerning the ownership of the land. The land of Canaan was divided among the whole people, the Levites only, as ministers of the sanctuary, being excepted. Though one might for a season dispose of his possession, he could not barter away the inheritance of his children. When able to do so, he was at liberty at any time to redeem it; debts were remitted every seventh year, and in the fiftieth, or year of jubilee, all landed property reverted to the original owner. Thus every family was secured in its possession, and a safeguard was afforded against the extremes either of wealth or of poverty.<\/i> Ed 43<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Levites have perpetual ownership rights<\/b>—<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Lev 25:32-34 Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time. And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubilee: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel. But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Inheritance of property<\/b>—<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Num 27:1-11 Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are<\/i> the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, by<\/i> the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons. Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore<\/i> a possession among the brethren of our father. And Moses brought their cause before the LORD. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them. And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter. And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father’s brethren. And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Num 36:6-9 This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry. So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers. Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The birthright inheritance<\/b>—<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Deu 21:15-17 If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated: Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn: But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Gen 25:5, 6 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Gen 25:29-34 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was<\/i> faint: And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage;<\/i> for I am<\/i> faint: therefore was his name called Edom. And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. And Esau said, Behold, I am<\/i> at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his<\/i> birthright. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 1Ch 5:1, 2 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was<\/i> the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came<\/i> the chief ruler; but the birthright was<\/i> Joseph’s:) <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 1Ch 26:10 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though<\/i> he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;) <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 2Ch 11:18-22 And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and<\/i> Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse; Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 2Ch 11:20 And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith. And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.) And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be<\/i> ruler among his brethren: for he thought<\/i> to make him king. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 2Ch 21:3 And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was<\/i> the firstborn.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n