613 Commandments

The Law concerning

Property and Property Rights

 

263.                 Not to sell a field in the land of Yisrael in perpetuity (Lev. 25:23 The land must not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is Mine; for you are sojourned and residents with me.) (This command teaches us that a redeem person should never sell his land after he become mature. This means that an ancestral field can be sold (least) only for the number of crops it will yield until the jubilee year, when it must revert to its original owner. This command also place responsibility even before then and return it to its original owner. As long as the family can raise the money to pay fair value for the field, the purchaser is required  to sell it to them. This law is further expression of the principled that the land is YAHWEH and cannot be sold in perpetuity, as the passage begins, for you are sojourners and residents with YAHWEH. ).

 

267.                 Not to change the character of the open land (about the cities of) the Levites or of their fields; not to sell it in perpetuity, but it may be redeemed at any time (Lev. 25:34 for the fields of the open land of their cities may not be sold; for it is an eternal heritage for them.) (This command teaches us that the Levite did not receive provinces, as did the other tribes. Instead, they were given forty-eight town towns scatters around the country, each of which was surrounded by a ring of open land, 2,000 cubits wide. The following laws apply to sales of both houses and open lands in the Levites cities, whether the particular was owned by a Levite or it had been inherited by an Yisraelite from a Levite ancestor).

 

268.                 That houses sold within a walled city may be redeemed within a year (Lev. 25:29 If a man sells a residence house within a walled city , its redemption can take place until the end of the year of its sale; its period of redemption shall be a year. ) (this commandment  refers to a home in a city that has a wall around it from the time of Joshua. The Law of this redemption is almost diametrically opposed to that of a field or a home in an open city. Whereas a field cannot be redeemed for the first two years, but may be redeemed at any time thereafter, and a house in an unwalled city may be redeemed even immediately, a house in a walled city can be redeemed only until the first anniversary of the sale. Thereafter, it remains the property of the buyer in perpetuity. The house in a wall city is a city protected by Torah, the unwalled city is one that does not follow Torah. The unwalled city should and can be saved any time. If however the walled city sells it self to a new owner, it cannot be redeemed until after one Torah cycle is completer).

 

269.                 Not to remove landmarks (property boundaries) (Deut. 19:14 You shall not remove the boundary of your fellow, which the ancestor has establish, in your inheritance that you shall inherit, in the land YAHWEH, your El, gives you to posses it.). (This command teaches us that the redeemed community should not enlarge their land by moving an ancient mark. This is a form of theft, but the Torah adds this as an additional prohibition against doing so in the redeemed community. Today Christianity change the laws establish from the time of Moses. Yahushua (Jesus Christ) did not came to change the established pattern, but to abide by it perfectly. The whole purpose of life is to get to a point in our lives where we all lived by all the Laws established in Torah.)

 

270.                 Not to swear falsely in denial of another's property rights (Lev. 19:11.. you shall not deny falsely, and you shall not lie to one another.) (This command teaches us that in the redeem community steeling, robbery, false oaths, and so on are never the norm. If the Kingdom of Heaven would suffer decline if such things was practice. In this world system people may look for ways to deceive others in business, to deny obligations that cannot be proven, to invoke God’s name to convince others that lies are true, to underpay laborers, or to seek personal gain through unctuous flattery. Such is wrong, even though the court may not be able to deal with it. By using the plural in condemning such a practice, YAHWEH implies that He wants Yisrael as a whole to look to its general standards of honesty and upright conduct.)

 

271.                 Not to deny falsely another's property rights (Lev. 19:11 you shall not deny falsely) (This command teaches us that we should not deny that you possess property that someone has left in trust with you, and do not lie, by backing up your denial with a false oath. The  progression of sins listed in the verse illustrates the defense mechanism of human nature, which takes control of a person once he allows themselves by denying that it ever happened, and he may well go so far as to swear falsely to cover up his guilt.).

 

272.                 Never to settle in the land of Egypt (Deut. 17:16.. so that he will not return to People to Egypt in order to increase horses, for YAHWEH has said to you, you shall no longer return on this road again.) (This command teaches us that the redeem community should not live in slavery to the world again, which Egypt represent. Even if there is a chance to make a lot of money we should not return to the outer court again).

 

273.                 Not to steal personal property (Lev. 19:11 you shall not deny falsely you shall not deny falsely).(This command teach about false claim ).

 

274.                 To restore that which one took by robbery (Lev. 5:23 he shall return the robbed item that he robbed, or the proceeds of his fraud, or the pledge that was left with him, or the lost item that he found.) (In the redeemed community if anyone is caught steeling any object, he or she must replace that which was stolen, before bringing their guilt offering. Just saying I am sorry is not good enough, the item must be restored and a guilt offering paid.)

 

275.                 To return lost property (Deut. 22:1 You shall not see the ox of your brother or his sheep or goat cast off, and hide yourself from them; you shall surely return them to your brother). (This command teaches us that to protect someone else from financial loss is not only commendable, but one who can do so is specifically forbidden to ignore the opportunity. This commandment illustrates this with regard to the return of lost animals and to help in fallen beast of burden, but by extension it applies to every case where one’s physical or verbal intervention can help someone avoid any loss.)

 

276.                 Not to pretend not to have seen lost property, to avoid the obligation to return it (Deut. 22:3 In the same way you shall do with his ass. And so shall you do with his clothing. And with any lost thing of your brother's, which he has lost and you have found, you shall do the same. You shall not hide your self). (This commandment must not be seen within the redeem community, if we truly love one another, we automatically become our brother keeper, this include property).