It seems the instructions were stewardship not ownership for those who follow:
Beginning with the Genesis 1:26-28, God instructs humanity to manage the creation in particular ways.
"And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth."
Leviticus 25:23 states:
"The land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine and you are but aliens and my tenants."
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