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Leviticus 25:32–40

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Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.
But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
¶ And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
I am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.
¶ 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:
But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:
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From verse 32

  1. Joshua 21:1–45Rank 1 from verse 32
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    1THEN came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;

    2And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.

    3And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the Lord, these cities and their suburbs.

    4And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

    5And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.

    6And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

    7The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

    8And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.

    9¶ And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name,

    10Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.

    11And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.

    12But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

    13¶ Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,

    14And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,

    15And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,

    16And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

    17And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,

    18Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.

    19All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

    20¶ And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

    21For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,

    22And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs; four cities.

    23And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,

    24Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; four cities.

    25And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; two cities.

    26All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.

    27¶ And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beesh-terah with her suburbs; two cities.

    28And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,

    29Jarmuth with her suburbs, En-gannim with her suburbs; four cities.

    30And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,

    31Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.

    32And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth-dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.

    33All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

    34¶ And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,

    35Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.

    36And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,

    37Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.

    38And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,

    39Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.

    40So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.

    41All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

    42These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities.

    43¶ And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

    44And the Lord gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand.

    45There failed not ought of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.

  2. Numbers 35:1–8Rank 2 from verse 32
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    1AND the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

    2Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.

    3And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.

    4And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.

    5And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.

    6And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.

    7So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.

    8And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.

From verse 33

  1. Deuteronomy 18:1–2Rank 1 from verse 33
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    1THE priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and his inheritance.

    2Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the Lord is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.

  2. Numbers 18:20–24Rank 2 from verse 33
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    20¶ And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.

    21And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

    22Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.

    23But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.

    24But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the Lord, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

From verse 34

  1. Acts 4:36–37Rank 1 from verse 34
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    36And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,

    37Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

  2. Leviticus 25:23Rank 2 from verse 34
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    23¶ The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

  3. Numbers 35:2–5Rank 3 from verse 34
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    2Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.

    3And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.

    4And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.

    5And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.

From verse 35

  1. Deuteronomy 15:7–8Rank 1 from verse 35
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    7¶ If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

    8But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.

  2. Acts 11:29Rank 2 from verse 35
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    29Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judæa:

  3. Deuteronomy 10:18–19Rank 3 from verse 35
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    18He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

    19Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

  4. Exodus 23:9Rank 4 from verse 35
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    9¶ Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

  5. Leviticus 19:34Rank 5 from verse 35
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    34But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

  6. Leviticus 25:25Rank 6 from verse 35
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    25¶ If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.

  7. Luke 6:35Rank 7 from verse 35
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    35But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

  8. 1 John 3:17Rank 8 from verse 35
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    17But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

  9. Deuteronomy 24:14–15Rank 9 from verse 35
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    14¶ Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:

    15At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the Lord, and it be sin unto thee.

  10. Proverbs 14:31Rank 10 from verse 35
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    31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

  11. Psalms 112:5Rank 11 from verse 35
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    5A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.

  12. Psalms 112:9Rank 12 from verse 35
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    9He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.

  13. Psalms 37:26Rank 13 from verse 35
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    26He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.

  14. Psalms 41:1Rank 14 from verse 35
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    1BLESSED is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.

  15. 2 Corinthians 8:9Rank 15 from verse 35
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    9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

  16. 2 Corinthians 9:1Rank 16 from verse 35
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    1FOR as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:

  17. 2 Corinthians 9:12–15Rank 17 from verse 35
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    12For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;

    13Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;

    14And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.

    15Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.

  18. Galatians 2:10Rank 18 from verse 35
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    10Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.

  19. Hebrews 13:2Rank 19 from verse 35
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    2Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

  20. James 2:5–6Rank 20 from verse 35
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    5Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

    6But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?

  21. John 12:8Rank 21 from verse 35
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    8For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.

  22. Mark 14:7Rank 22 from verse 35
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    7For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.

  23. Matthew 25:35Rank 23 from verse 35
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    35For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

  24. Proverbs 14:20–21Rank 24 from verse 35
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    20The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.

    21He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

  25. Proverbs 17:5Rank 25 from verse 35
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    5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

  26. Proverbs 19:17Rank 26 from verse 35
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    17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

  27. Romans 12:13Rank 27 from verse 35
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    13Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

  28. Romans 12:18Rank 28 from verse 35
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    18If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

  29. Romans 12:20Rank 29 from verse 35
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    20Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

From verse 36

  1. Exodus 22:25Rank 1 from verse 36
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    25¶ If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

  2. Deuteronomy 23:19–20Rank 2 from verse 36
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    19¶ Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:

    20Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

  3. Ezekiel 18:8Rank 3 from verse 36
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    8He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,

  4. Ezekiel 18:13Rank 4 from verse 36
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    13Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.

  5. Ezekiel 18:17Rank 5 from verse 36
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    17That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

  6. Leviticus 25:17Rank 6 from verse 36
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    17Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the Lord your God.

  7. Ezekiel 22:12Rank 7 from verse 36
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    12In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.

  8. Nehemiah 5:15Rank 8 from verse 36
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    15But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

  9. Nehemiah 5:7–10Rank 9 from verse 36
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    7Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.

    8And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.

    9Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?

    10I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.

  10. Proverbs 28:8Rank 10 from verse 36
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    8He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

  11. Psalms 15:5Rank 11 from verse 36
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    5He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

From verse 38

  1. Leviticus 11:45Rank 1 from verse 38
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    45For I am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

  2. Exodus 20:2Rank 2 from verse 38
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    2I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

  3. Numbers 15:41Rank 3 from verse 38
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    41I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord your God.

  4. Genesis 17:7Rank 4 from verse 38
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    7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

  5. Hebrews 11:16Rank 5 from verse 38
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    16But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

  6. Jeremiah 31:1Rank 6 from verse 38
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    1AT the same time, saith the Lord, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

  7. Jeremiah 31:33Rank 7 from verse 38
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    33But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

  8. Jeremiah 32:38Rank 8 from verse 38
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    38And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:

  9. Leviticus 22:32–33Rank 9 from verse 38
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    32Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the Lord which hallow you,

    33That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord.

From verse 39

  1. Exodus 21:2Rank 1 from verse 39
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    2If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

  2. 1 Kings 9:22Rank 2 from verse 39
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    22But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.

  3. 2 Kings 4:1Rank 3 from verse 39
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    1NOW 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 the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.

  4. Leviticus 25:46Rank 4 from verse 39
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    46And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.

  5. Nehemiah 5:5Rank 5 from verse 39
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    5Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.

  6. Deuteronomy 15:12–14Rank 6 from verse 39
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    12And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.

    13And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:

    14Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the Lord thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.

  7. Exodus 1:14Rank 7 from verse 39
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    14And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.

  8. Exodus 22:3Rank 8 from verse 39
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    3If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

  9. Jeremiah 25:14Rank 9 from verse 39
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    14For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.

  10. Jeremiah 27:7Rank 10 from verse 39
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    7And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.

  11. Jeremiah 30:8Rank 11 from verse 39
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    8For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:

  12. Jeremiah 34:14Rank 12 from verse 39
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    14At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.

From verse 40

  1. Exodus 21:2–3Rank 1 from verse 40
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    2If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

    3If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.

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Leviticus 25:32

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Levites

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Members of the tribe of Levi, especially those appointed to service connected with the tabernacle or temple.

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houses

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Buildings or dwelling places; by extension, the families, households, estates, possessions, royal lines, or bodies of people associated with them.

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redeem

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Sense 1: To buy back, repurchase, recover, or release a person or thing by payment, substitute, or appointed valuation. Sense 2: To rescue, free, or deliver from bondage, captivity, danger, death, enemies, trouble, the curse of the law, or iniquity.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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time

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A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future.

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Leviticus 25:33

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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purchase

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Sense 1: Something acquired, a possession, or the act of acquiring. Sense 2: As a verb, to obtain or buy.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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Levites

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Members of the tribe of Levi, especially those appointed to service connected with the tabernacle or temple.

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house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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houses

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Buildings or dwelling places; by extension, the families, households, estates, possessions, royal lines, or bodies of people associated with them.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Leviticus 25:34

COMBINED MEANING

but

↗

Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

suburbs

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The outlying land or district surrounding a city, including ground allotted for cattle and other use.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

perpetual

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Continuing, enduring, or regularly recurring without interruption through the duration in view.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Leviticus 25:35

COMBINED MEANING

brother

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Sense 1: A male sibling; a near kinsman. Sense 2: A fellow member of a people or faith.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

fallen

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1. Come or gone down from a higher or upright position; dropped or collapsed. 2. Slain, defeated, overthrown, ruined, or declined from a former position or state. 3. Come upon, into, under, or away from a person, thing, place, condition, influence, or relation. 4. Assigned or allotted. 5. In “fallen out,” happened or resulted. 6. In “fallen to,” gone over or surrendered to another side.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

↗

1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

decay

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To decline or fall from a sound or prosperous condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

relieve

↗

To free, wholly or partially, from pain, grief, want, anxiety, care, toil, trouble, burden, oppression or any thing that is considered to be an evil; to ease of any thing that pains the body or distresses the mind.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

yea

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1. Indeed, marking confirmation, emphasis, addition, continuation, or heightening of what is said; it may also emphasize a question. 2. Yes, expressing an affirmative answer or declaration.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

sojourner

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A stranger, traveller, foreigner, guest, or temporary resident dwelling in a place without permanent native possession.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

live

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Sense 1: As a verb, to have or continue in life; to remain alive, be restored to life, or not die. Sense 2: To dwell, abide, or continue in a place, state, relation, or manner of life. Sense 3: To subsist or be sustained by or upon what is named. Sense 4: As an adjective, alive rather than dead; or containing fire and not extinguished.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Leviticus 25:36

COMBINED MEANING

take

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

thou

↗

The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

usury

↗

Interest, increase, or an added return charged or received upon a loan.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

increase

↗

Sense 1: Growth, produce, yield, offspring, gain, or enlargement. Sense 2: To grow, multiply, add to, enlarge, or intensify.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

↗

Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

fear

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1. Alarm, dread, terror, or apprehension. 2. Reverence, awe, or respectful regard. 3. A person, thing, or event feared or revered. 4. To fear, dread, or reverence.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

brother

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Sense 1: A male sibling; a near kinsman. Sense 2: A fellow member of a people or faith.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

live

↗

Sense 1: As a verb, to have or continue in life; to remain alive, be restored to life, or not die. Sense 2: To dwell, abide, or continue in a place, state, relation, or manner of life. Sense 3: To subsist or be sustained by or upon what is named. Sense 4: As an adjective, alive rather than dead; or containing fire and not extinguished.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Leviticus 25:37

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

usury

↗

Interest, increase, or an added return charged or received upon a loan.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

victuals

↗

Food, provisions, or supplies for eating and bodily sustenance, especially those stored, carried, provided, or purchased for a journey, household, army, or multitude.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

for

↗

1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

increase

↗

Sense 1: Growth, produce, yield, offspring, gain, or enlargement. Sense 2: To grow, multiply, add to, enlarge, or intensify.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Leviticus 25:38

COMBINED MEANING

your

↗

The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

which

↗

1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

you

↗

The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

forth

↗

1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

out

↗

Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Leviticus 25:39

COMBINED MEANING

brother

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Sense 1: A male sibling; a near kinsman. Sense 2: A fellow member of a people or faith.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

thou

↗

The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

serve

↗

To work for, obey, attend, minister to, worship, or fulfil a purpose.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Leviticus 25:40

COMBINED MEANING

but

↗

Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

hired

↗

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of hire, meaning to employ or obtain work for payment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

servant

↗

One who serves another; a worker, attendant, subject, bondservant, or appointed minister.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

sojourner

↗

A stranger, traveller, foreigner, guest, or temporary resident dwelling in a place without permanent native possession.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

↗

An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

serve

↗

To work for, obey, attend, minister to, worship, or fulfil a purpose.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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25:25¶ If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.

25:26And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;

25:27Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.

25:28But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.

25:29And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it.

25:30And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.

25:31But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile.

25:32Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.

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25:33And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.

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25:34But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.

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25:35¶ And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.

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25:36Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.

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25:37Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.

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25:38I am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.

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25:39¶ 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:

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25:40But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:

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25:41And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.

25:42For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.

25:43Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

25:44Both 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.

25:45Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.

25:46And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.

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