Leviticus 25:44–47
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.
Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt haue, shall be of the Heathen, that are round about you: of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
Moreover 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.
Moreouer, of the children of the strangers that do soiourne among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shalbe your possession.
And 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.
And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherite them for a possession, †they shal bee your bondmen for euer: but ouer your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one ouer another with rigour.
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- †Hebrew wordingHebr. ye shall serue your selues with them.
¶ And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger’s family:
¶ And if a soiourner or stranger †waxe rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him waxe poore, and sell himselfe vnto the stranger or soiourner by thee, or to the stocke of the strangers family:
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHebr. his hand obteine, &c.
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From verse 44
- Exodus 12:44Rank 1 from verse 44
- Isaiah 14:1–2Rank 2 from verse 44
1FOR the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
2And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
1¶ For the LORD wil haue mercie on Iacob, and wil yet choose Israel, and set them in their owne land: and the strangers shalbe ioyned with them, and they shal cleaue to the house of Iacob.
2†And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possesse them in the land of the LORD, for seruants and handmaides: and they shall take them captiues, whose captiues they were, and they shall rule ouer their oppressours.
- Psalms 2:8–9Rank 3 from verse 44
8Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
8*Aske of me, and I shall giue thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the vttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9*Thou shalt breake them with a rod of iron, thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potters vessell.
- Revelation 2:26–27Rank 4 from verse 44
26And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
27And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
26And hee that ouercommeth, and keepeth my workes vnto the ende, to him will I giue power ouer the nations:
27(*And he shall rule them with a rod of yron: as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shiuers:) euen as I receiued of my Father.
From verse 45
- Isaiah 56:3–6Rank 1 from verse 45
3¶ Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the Lord, speak, saying, The Lord hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
4For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
5Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
6Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;
3¶ Neither let the sonne of the stranger, that hath ioyned himselfe to the LORD, speake, saying, The LORD hath vtterly separated mee from his people: neither let the Eunuch say, Behold, I am a drie tree.
4For thus saith the LORD vnto the Eunuches that keep my Sabbaths, and choose the things that please mee, and take hold of my couenant:
5Euen vnto them will I giue in mine house, and within my walles, a place and a name better then of sonnes and of daughters: I wil giue them an euerlasting name, that shal not be cut off.
6Also the sonnes of the stranger that ioyne themselues to the LORD, to serue him, and to loue the Name of the LORD, to be his seruants, euery one that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my Couenant:
From verse 46
- Isaiah 14:2Rank 1 from verse 46
2And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
2†And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possesse them in the land of the LORD, for seruants and handmaides: and they shall take them captiues, whose captiues they were, and they shall rule ouer their oppressours.
- Leviticus 25:43Rank 2 from verse 46
From verse 47
- 1 Samuel 2:7–8Rank 1 from verse 47
7The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.
7The LORD maketh poore, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth vp.
8*He raiseth vp the poore out of the dust, and lifteth vp the begger from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORDs, and hee hath set the world vpon them.
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?
5Hearken, my beloued brethren, Hath not God chosen the poore of this world, rich in faith, and heires of ‖the kingdome, which hee hath promised to them that loue him?
- Leviticus 25:26Rank 3 from verse 47
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Leviticus 25:44
Male slaves or men bound to service.
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Female slaves or women bound to service.
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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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A Gentile or nation outside Israel; one associated with the worship of other gods.
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1. Around or near in place, position, or movement; on every side, in a circuit, from place to place, or turned from one direction or state toward another. 2. Approximately in number, measure, distance, or time. 3. Concerning, occupied with, or engaged in a matter. 4. On the point of, intending, or attempting an action.
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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.
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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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To obtain by payment or at a price; to purchase or acquire.
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Leviticus 25:45
Besides, further, additionally, or what is more, introducing another statement, fact, command, reason, or continuation.
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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.
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To dwell, lodge, or live temporarily in a place as a stranger, traveller, foreigner, guest, or resident without permanent possession.
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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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To obtain by payment or at a price; to purchase or acquire.
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Households, kindreds, lineages, tribes, or groups descended from common ancestors.
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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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1. Fathered or brought forth as offspring; in a genealogy, identified a male progenitor in the stated line. 2. Brought forth, formed, or gave life in a spiritual or figurative relation.
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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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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.
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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.
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possession
The state of having or holding; something owned, occupied, or controlled.
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Leviticus 25:46
The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.
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inheritance
A possession, portion, or heritage received by descent, allotment, promise, or divine gift.
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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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1. Without end; for all time. 2. Continually or permanently throughout the duration in view.
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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.
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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.
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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.
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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.
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To receive or possess as one's portion or inheritance.
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possession
The state of having or holding; something owned, occupied, or controlled.
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Male slaves or men bound to service.
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At any time; always or continually; throughout all time or for ever.
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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.
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1. Persons of the same people, tribe, community, or shared service who are regarded or addressed as brothers. 2. Persons regarded as brothers by reason of faith or another spiritual relation. 3. Male siblings or other male relatives.
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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.
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Sense 1: To govern, lead, direct, control, or exercise authority. Sense 2: A standard, principle, prescribed order, measuring line, boundary, or allotted sphere.
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1. In "one another" and like reciprocal or distributive constructions, each the other, or one in relation to the other or others. 2. One other, one more, or a different or additional person or thing.
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Harsh, severe, exacting, cruel, or oppressive strictness in exercising labour, rule, mastery, or authority.
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DEFINED WORDS
Leviticus 25:47
A stranger, traveller, foreigner, guest, or temporary resident dwelling in a place without permanent native possession.
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To grow, increase, or become.
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Possessing abundance, wealth, resources, value, fruitfulness, or fullness.
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Sense 1: A male sibling; a near kinsman. Sense 2: A fellow member of a people or faith.
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1. Lacking material means. 2. Afflicted, lowly, or humble.
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1. To transfer for a price. 2. To betray or surrender into another's power.
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The stem or main body of a tree or other plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the origin and support of the branches.
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A household, kindred, lineage, tribe, or group descended from a common ancestor.
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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:
25:39¶ And *if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poore, and be sold vnto thee, thou shalt not †compell him to serue as a bond seruant.
25:40But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:
25:40 But as an hired seruant, and as a soiourner he shall be with thee, and shall serue thee vnto the yere of Iubile.
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.
25:41And then shall hee depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall returne vnto his owne familie, and vnto the possession of his fathers shall he returne.
25:42For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
25:42For they are my seruants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold †as bond men.
25:43Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
25:43*Thou shalt not rule ouer him with rigour, but shalt feare 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.
25:44Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt haue, shall be of the Heathen, that are round about you: of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
Selected passage25:45Moreover 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.
25:45Moreouer, of the children of the strangers that do soiourne among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shalbe your possession.
Selected passage25:46And 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.
25:46And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherite them for a possession, †they shal bee your bondmen for euer: but ouer your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one ouer another with rigour.
Selected passage25:47¶ And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger’s family:
25:47¶ And if a soiourner or stranger †waxe rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him waxe poore, and sell himselfe vnto the stranger or soiourner by thee, or to the stocke of the strangers family:
Selected passage25:48After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:
25:48After that he is sold, hee may be redeemed againe: one of his brethren may redeeme him.
25:49Either his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself.
25:49Either his vncle, or his vncles sonne may redeeme him, or any that is nigh of kinne vnto him, of his family, may redeeme him: or if he be able, hee may redeeme himselfe.
25:50And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him.
25:50And he shall reckon with him that bought him, from the yeere that he was sold to him, vnto the yeere of Iubile, and the price of his sale shalbe according vnto the number of yeeres, according to the time of an hired seruant shall it be with him.
25:51If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
25:51If there be yet many yeeres behinde, according vnto them hee shall giue againe the price of his redemption, out of the money that hee was bought for.
25:52And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption.
25:52And if there remaine but few yeeres vnto the yeere of Iubile, then he shall count with him, and according vnto his yeeres shall he giue him againe the price of his redemption.
25:53And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.
25:53 And as a yeerely hired seruant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour ouer him in thy sight.
25:54And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him.
25:54And if hee be not redeemed ‖in these yeeres, then he shall goe out in the yeere of Iubile, both he, and his children with him.
25:55For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
25:55For vnto me the children of Israel are seruants, they are my seruants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.