Leviticus 25:39

And if thy brother become poor near thee, and be sold unto thee: thou shalt not compel him to work as a bond-servant.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:

In Context

38I am the Lord your God, who have brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give unto you the land of Canaan, to be unto you a God.

40But as a hired laborer, as a sojourner, shall he be with thee; until the year of the jubilee shall he serve with thee:

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Cross References

Exodus 21:2If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

Leviticus 25:46And ye may transfer them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; you may hold them to service for ever; but over your brethren the children of Israel, one over the other, ye shall not rule with rigor.

1 Kings 9:22Yet of the children of Israel did Solomon make no one a bond-man; but they were the men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and the officers of his chariots, and of his horsemen.

2 Chronicles 28:10And now ye think to force the children of Judah and Jerusalem to become bond-men and bond-women unto you; but surely are there not with you, even with you, trespasses against the Lord your God?

Jeremiah 25:14For when many nations and great kings shall have made them also serve: I will then recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their own hands.

Jeremiah 30:8And it shall come to pass on that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and thy bands will I burst asunder; and strangers shall not make him serve any more;

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 →

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