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Leviticus 25:39

Leviticus chapter 25 · verse 39 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.38I am Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.

v.39This passage

v.40As a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee; he shall serve with thee unto the year of jubilee:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Deuteronomy 15:12

    If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.

  • Jeremiah 25:14

    For many nations and great kings shall make bondmen of them, even of them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.

  • Exodus 22:3

    If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be bloodguiltiness for him; he shall make restitution: if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

  • Jeremiah 30:8

    And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds; and strangers shall no more make him their bondman;

  • Exodus 21:2

    If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

  • 2 Kings 4:1

    Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear Jehovah: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen.