Leviticus 25:42 - Forerunner Commentary

Leviticus 25:42

40 As a hired servant and a sojourner he shall be with you, and shall serve you until the Year of Jubilee.

41 And then he shall depart from you—he and his children ^awith him—and shall return to his own family. He shall return to the possession of his fathers.

42 For they are ^aMy servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as slaves.

43 ^aYou shall not rule over him ^bwith rigor, but you ^cshall fear your God.

44 And as for your male and female slaves whom you may have—from the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves.

45 Moreover you may buy ^athe children of the strangers who dwell among you, and their families who are with you, which they beget in your land; and they shall become your property.

46 And ^ayou may take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them as a possession; they shall be your permanent slaves. But regarding your brethren, the children of Israel, you shall not rule over one another with rigor.

47 ‘Now if a sojourner or stranger close to you becomes rich, and one of your brethren who dwells by him becomes poor, and sells himself to the stranger or sojourner close to you, or to a member of the stranger’s family,

48 after he is sold he may be redeemed again. One of his brothers may redeem him;

Verse Comparison: Leviticus 25:42

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American Standard Version
For they are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.

Amplified® Bible
For the Israelites are My servants; I brought them out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as bondmen.

Contemporary English Version
I brought them out of Egypt to be my servants, not to be sold as slaves.

Darby English Version
For they are my bondmen, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as [men] sell bondmen.

Good News Bible
The people of Israel are the LORD's slaves, and he brought them out of Egypt; they must not be sold into slavery.

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

New American Standard Bible
`For they are My servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt; they are not to be sold {in} a slave sale.

New International Version
Because the Israelites are my servants, whom I brought out of Egypt, they must not be sold as slaves.

New King James Version
For they are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as slaves.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
'For they consist of My servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt; you shall not sell them in a slave sale.

Revised Standard Version
For they are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as slaves.

Young's Literal Translation
`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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