Leviticus 25:55

For the children of Israel are my servants: they are my attendants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

In Context

54And if he do not pay his ransom accordingly, he shall go out in the year of his release, he and his children with him.

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Cross References

Exodus 13:3And Moses said to the people, Remember this day, in which ye came forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, for with a strong hand the Lord brought you forth thence; and leaven shall not be eaten.

Leviticus 25:42Because these are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt; such a one shall not be sold as a common servant.

Isaiah 43:3For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, that saves thee: I have made Egypt and Ethiopia thy ransom, and given Seba for thee.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 25:40-55

Oppression of Brethren Forbidden. ( b. c. 1490.) 39 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: 40 But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubilee: 41 And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return. 42 For they are my servants, which I brought… Read the whole commentary →

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