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Leviticus 25:39
And if thy brother [that dwelleth] by thee shall have become poor, and be sold to thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond servant:
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Leviticus 25:39 in other translations
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:
If a countryman among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, then you must not force him into slave labor.
“‘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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In context
36 Take thou no interest of him, or increase; but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon interest, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
38 I [am] the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, [and] to be your God.
39 And if thy brother [that dwelleth] by thee shall have become poor, and be sold to thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond servant:
40 [But] as a hired servant, [and] as a sojourner he shall be with thee, [and] shall serve thee to the year of jubilee.
41 And [then] shall he depart from thee, [both] he and his children with him, and shall return to his own family, and to the possession of his fathers shall he return.
42 For they [are] my servants, which I brought out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as bond-men.
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