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Leviticus 25:44

Leviticus chapter 25 · verse 44 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, whom thou shalt have; of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, whom thou shalt have; of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

Context

v.43Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God.

v.44This passage

v.45Moreover of the children of the strangers that sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they have begotten in your land: and they shall be your possession.

Cross references

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

  • Exodus 12:44

    but every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.

  • Revelation 2:26

    And he that overcometh, and he that keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give authority over the nations:

  • Isaiah 14:1

    For Jehovah will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the sojourner shall join himself with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

  • Psalms 2:8

    Ask of me, and I will givetheethe nations for thine inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.