Bible Verses About Land

So the redeemer said to Bo'az, "Buy it for yourself," and took off his shoe.

Bo'az addressed the leaders and all the people: "You are witnesses today that I am purchasing from Na'omi all that belonged to Elimelekh and all that belonged to Kilyon and Machlon.

Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, "Move away, you and your household, and stay wherever you can; because ADONAI has called for a famine; and it will be on the land for seven years."

The woman acted at once and did as the man of God had said - she went with her household and stayed in the land of the P'lishtim for seven years.

At the end of seven years the woman returned from the land of the P'lishtim and sought an audience with the king to claim her house and land.

The king was talking with Geichazi the servant of the man of God. "Tell me," he said, "all the great things Elisha has done."

Just as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead person to life, at that very moment the woman whose son he had restored to life came to the king with her claim for her house and land. Geichazi said, "My lord, king, this is the woman; and this is her son, the one Elisha restored to life."

On being asked by the king, the woman verified it. At this, the king appointed a special officer and charged him, "Restore everything that belongs to her, including the income her fields have produced from the day she left them until now."

There were also some who said, "We are mortgaging our fields, vineyards and homes in order to buy grain, because of the famine."

Yet others said, "We have borrowed money for the king's taxes against our fields and vineyards.

Now our flesh is no different from the flesh of our kinsmen, and our children are the same as their children; yet we are bringing our sons and daughters into bondage as slaves. Some of our daughters have gone into slavery already, and it's beyond our power to do anything about it, because other men have our fields and vineyards."

'Hanam'el, the son of your uncle Shalum, will approach you and say, "Buy my field at 'Anatot; you have next-of-kin's right to redeem it; so buy it."'"

AS ADONAI had said, my cousin Hanam'el came to me in the guards' quarters and said, "Please buy my field at 'Anatot, in the territory of Binyamin; because you will inherit it, and you have next-of-kin's right to redeem it, so buy it for yourself." Then I was certain that this was ADONAI's word.

So I bought the field at 'Anatot which belonged to my cousin Hanam'el and weighed out the money for him, seven ounces of silver shekels.

I signed on the purchase contract, sealed it, called witnesses and weighed out the money for him on a balance scale.

I took the purchase contract, both the sealed copy with the terms and conditions, and the unsealed copy,

and gave the purchase contract to Barukh the son of Neriyah, the son of Machseyah, in the presence of my cousin Hanam'el, the witnesses who had signed the purchase contract and the people from Y'hudah sitting by the guards' quarters.

In their presence I instructed Barukh as follows:

"Here is what ADONAI-Tzva'ot, the God of Isra'el, says: 'Take these contracts, both the sealed and unsealed copies, and place them in a clay jar, so that they can be preserved for a long time.'

For ADONAI-Tzva'ot, the God of Isra'el, says that one day homes, fields and vineyards will again be bought in this land."

After giving the purchase contract to Barukh son of Neriyah, I prayed to ADONAI:

Woe to those who think up evil and plan wickedness as they lie in bed. When morning comes, they do it, since they have it in their power.

They covet fields and seize them; they take over houses as well, doing violence to both owner and house, to people and their inherited land.

"Now listen to another parable. There was a farmer who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower; then he rented it to tenants and left.

When harvest-time came, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the crop.