Leviticus 25:44
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44 As for the male and female slaves whom you may have, it is from the nations around you that you may acquire male and female slaves.
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Isaiah 14:1-2
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Restoration of Judah
14 But the Lord will have compassion on Jacob and will again choose Israel and will settle them in their own land, and aliens will join them and attach themselves to the house of Jacob.(A) 2 And the nations will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess the nations[a] as male and female slaves in the Lord’s land; they will take captive those who were their captors and rule over those who oppressed them.(B)
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- 14.2 Heb them
Psalm 2:8-9
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8 Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage
and the ends of the earth your possession.(A)
9 You shall break them with a rod of iron
and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”(B)
Exodus 12:44
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44 but any slave who has been purchased may eat of it after he has been circumcised;
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Revelation 2:26-27
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26 To everyone who conquers and continues to do my works to the end,
I will give authority over the nations,(A)
27 to rule[a] them with an iron scepter,
as when clay pots are shattered—(B)
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- 2.27 Or to shepherd
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