Leviticus 25:47

וְכִי תַשִּׂיג יַד גֵּר וְתוֹשָׁב עִמָּךְ וּמָךְ אָחִיךָ עִמּוֹ וְנִמְכַּר לְגֵר תּוֹשָׁב עִמָּךְ אוֹ לְעֵקֶר מִשְׁפַּחַת גֵּֽר ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger’s family:

In Context

46וְהִתְנַחֲלְתֶּם אֹתָם לִבְנֵיכֶם אַחֲרֵיכֶם לָרֶשֶׁת אֲחֻזָּה לְעֹלָם בָּהֶם תַּעֲבֹדוּ וּבְאַחֵיכֶם בְּנֵֽי ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל אִישׁ בְּאָחִיו לֹא ־ תִרְדֶּה בוֹ בְּפָֽרֶךְ ׃ ס

48אַחֲרֵי נִמְכַּר גְּאֻלָּה תִּהְיֶה ־ לּוֹ אֶחָד מֵאֶחָיו יִגְאָלֶֽנּוּ ׃

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:26וְאִישׁ כִּי לֹא יִֽהְיֶה ־ לּוֹ גֹּאֵל וְהִשִּׂיגָה יָדוֹ וּמָצָא כְּדֵי גְאֻלָּתֽוֹ ׃

Nehemiah 5:8וָאֹמְרָה לָהֶם אֲנַחְנוּ קָנִינוּ אֶת ־ אַחֵינוּ הַיְּהוּדִים הַנִּמְכָּרִים לַגּוֹיִם כְּדֵי בָנוּ וְגַם ־ אַתֶּם תִּמְכְּרוּ אֶת ־ אֲחֵיכֶם וְנִמְכְּרוּ ־ לָנוּ וַֽיַּחֲרִישׁוּ וְלֹא מָצְאוּ דָּבָֽר ׃ ס

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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