To Naboth it seemed wrong to part with his vineyard. The Levitical code provided that “the inheritance of the children of Israel” might not “remove from tribe to tribe,” but that everyone should “keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe to tribe,” but that everyone should “keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers” (Num. 36:7-9). If for any reason property was sold, specific regulations were set forth providing for its periodic return to the families of the original owners (Lev. 25:13-28). Naboth believed it to be against the spiritual purpose of the Levitical law for him to transfer his inheritance to the king.