Leviticus 25:44

And whatever number of menservants and maidservants you shall have, you shall purchase male and female servants from the nations that are round about you.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

In Context

43You shall not oppress him with labor, and shall fear the Lord your God.

45And of the sons of the sojourners that are among you, of these you⌃ shall buy and of their relations, all that shall be in your lands; let them be to you for a possession.

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Cross References

Psalms 2:8Ask of me, and I will give you the heathen for your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for your possession. 1

Isaiah 14:2And the Gentiles shall take them, and bring them into their place: and they shall + 14:2 i.e. the Israelites inherit them, and + 14:2 i.e. the Gentiles they shall be multiplied upon the land for servants and handmaidens: and they that took them captives shall become captives to them; and they that had lordship over them shall be under their rule.

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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