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Leviticus 25:39

World English Bible

“ ‘If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you, you shall not make him to serve as a slave.

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Leviticus 25:39 in other translations

And if thy brother be waxed poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee; thou shalt not make him to serve as a bondservant.

Leviticus 25:39 · American Standard Version

Leviticus 25:39 in context

  1. 37You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.
  2. 38I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.
  3. 39“ ‘If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you, you shall not make him to serve as a slave.
  4. 40As a hired servant, and as a temporary resident, he shall be with you; he shall serve with you until the Year of Jubilee.
  5. 41Then he shall go out from you, he and his children with him, and shall return to his own family, and to the possession of his fathers.