Leviticus 25
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Leviticus 25:35-43

35‘1Now inH3588 caseH3588 a countrymanH251 of yours becomesH4134 poorH4134 and his 2meansH3027 amongH5973 you falterH4131, then you are to sustainH2388 him, like a strangerH1616 or a residentH8453, so that he may liveH2421 with you. 363Do not takeH3947 4any kind of interestH5392H8636 from him, but 5fearH3372 your GodH430, so that your countrymanH251 may liveH2421 with you. 37You shall not giveH5414 him your silverH3701 at interestH5392, norH3808 your foodH400 6for profitH4768. 387I am the LordH3068 your GodH430, whoH834 broughtH3318 you outH3318 of the landH776 of EgyptH4714 to giveH5414 you the landH776 of CanaanH3667, and 8to be your GodH430.

39‘Now 9ifH3588 a countrymanH251 of yours becomesH4134 so poorH4134 withH5973 regardH5973 toH5973 you that he sellsH4376 himself to you, you shall not subjectH5647 him to a slave’sH5650 serviceH5656. 40He shall be with you as a hiredH7916 workerH7916, 10as if he were a foreignH8453 residentH8453; he shall serveH5647 with you up to the yearH8141 of jubileeH3104. 41He shall then leaveH3318 you, he and his sonsH1121 with him, and shall goH7725 backH7725 to his familyH4940, so that he may returnH7725 to the propertyH272 of his forefathersH1. 42For they are My servantsH5650 whomH834 I broughtH3318 outH3318 from the landH776 of EgyptH4714; they are not to be soldH4376 in a slaveH5650 saleH4466. 4311You shall not ruleH7287 over him with 12severityH6531, but are to revereH3372 your GodH430.

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Notes

  1. 1. Leviticus 25:35 Deut 15:7-11; 24:14, 15 ↩
  2. 2. Leviticus 25:35 Lit hand ↩
  3. 3. Leviticus 25:36 Ex 22:25; Deut 23:19, 20 ↩
  4. 4. Leviticus 25:36 Prob. interest on money and food loans ↩
  5. 5. Leviticus 25:36 Or revere ↩
  6. 6. Leviticus 25:37 Lit at interest ↩
  7. 7. Leviticus 25:38 Lev 11:45 ↩
  8. 8. Leviticus 25:38 Gen 17:7 ↩
  9. 9. Leviticus 25:39 Ex 21:2-6; Deut 15:12-18; 1 Kin 9:22 ↩
  10. 10. Leviticus 25:40 Ex 21:2 ↩
  11. 11. Leviticus 25:43 Ex 1:13, 14; Lev 25:46, 53; Ezek 34:4; Col 4:1 ↩
  12. 12. Leviticus 25:43 Or violence ↩

Commentaries on Leviticus 25

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