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Leviticus 25:39
`And when thy brother becometh poor with thee, and he hath been sold to thee, thou dost not lay on him servile service;
Leviticus 25:39 · Young's Literal Translation
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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 thou takest no usury from him, or increase; and thou hast been afraid of thy God; and thy brother hath lived with thee;
37 thy money thou givest not to him in usury, and for increase thou givest not thy food;
38 I am Jehovah your God, who hath brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give to you the land of Canaan, to become your God.
39 `And when thy brother becometh poor with thee, and he hath been sold to thee, thou dost not lay on him servile service;
40 as an hireling, as a settler, he is with thee, till the year of the jubilee he doth serve with thee, --
41 then he hath gone out from thee, he and his sons with him, and hath turned back unto his family; even unto the possession of his fathers he doth turn back.
42 `For they are My servants, whom I have brought out from the land of Egypt: they are not sold with the sale of a servant;
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