Leviticus 25:42

For they are My servants, whom I brought out from the land of Mizraim; they shall not be sold as the selling of bondmen.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.

In Context

41Then shall he go out from being with thee, he and his children with him, and return to his family and to the inheritance of his fathers.

43Thou shalt not make him serve with rigour, but shalt fear thy God.

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:55For the sons of Israel are My servants; they are servants whom I brought out of the land of Mizraim: I am the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 15:13And when thou let test him go free from thee, thou shalt not send him away empty.

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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