Mitzvah #295 Negative Prohibition (Mitzvah Lo Ta'asseh)
„Do not sell the land in Israel indefinitely“
Scripture Reference: LEV 25:23 (Torah Portion (Parashah): B'har)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
The land, moreover, shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are but aliens and sojourners with Me.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
כג וְהָאָרֶץ, לֹא תִמָּכֵר לִצְמִתֻת--כִּי-לִי, הָאָרֶץ: כִּי-גֵרִים וְתוֹשָׁבִים אַתֶּם, עִמָּדִי.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
23 καὶ ἡ γῆ οὐ πραθήσεται εἰς βεβαίωσιν, ἐμὴ γάρ ἐστιν ἡ γῆ, διότι προσήλυτοι καὶ πάροικοι ὑμεῖς ἐστε ἐναντίον μου·
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) B'har
Sefer HaChinuch Number #339
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Seeds (Buch 7)
Section: The Sabbatical Year and the Jubilee
Systematic Category (P119f) Shemittah and Yovel
