Leviticus 25:44
“‘As for your male and your female slaves, whom you may have; of the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves.
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Psalms 2:8+ 2:8. MP: Messiah will ask God for His inheritance, the nations of the world. (John 17:4-10 (context 17:4-24); Acts 13:46-49) Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance, 2 + 2:8 b MP: Messiah is given authority over all nations. (Matt 28:18) the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession. 1
Isaiah 14:2The peoples will take them, and bring them to their place. The house of Israel [God prevails] will possess them in Adonai’s land for servants and for handmaids. They will take as captives those whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
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 →