Leviticus 25:23-24
““‘The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; for you are strangers and sojourners with me. In all the land of your possession you shall grant a redemption for the land.””
This passage is part of a larger section in Leviticus detailing laws given to the ancient Israelites about how to live in the land promised to them. Specifically, it lays out regulations concerning the Jubilee year, which was a special year observed every fifty years.
What does it mean for us today to view land, or any essential resource, not as an ultimate possession but as something held in trust?