Leviticus 25:38
I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan, that I might be your God.
Bible in Basic English
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In Context
37Do not take interest on the money which you let him have or on the food which you give him.
Cross References
Genesis 17:7And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you.
Leviticus 11:45For I am the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God; so be you holy, for I am holy.
Numbers 15:41I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt, so that I might be your God: I am the Lord your God.
Jeremiah 31:33But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my law in their inner parts, writing it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.
Hebrews 11:16But now their desire is for a better country, that is to say, for one in heaven; and so it is no shame to God to be named their God; for he has made ready a town for them.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 25:24-39
23 The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me. 24 And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land. 25 If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold. 26 And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it; 27 Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto… Read the whole commentary →