Lev 25:23 | TNotes | STEP | 25:23 the land belongs to me: Israel’s ownership of the land was derivative, not absolute—ownership depended on the covenant, in which God himself allotted them the land (Deut 1:8 , 39 ). The ideas of land stewardship and of sharing material resources stem naturally from this concept of God’s ownership.

bDeut 1:8►

‏ Leviticus 25:23

25:23 ^a the land belongs to me: Israel’s ownership of the land was derivative, not absolute—ownership depended on the covenant, in which God himself allotted them the land (Deut 1:8 ^b, 39 ^c). The ideas of land stewardship and of sharing material resources stem naturally from this concept of God’s ownership.