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Leviticus 25:35-46
Lexham English Bible

35 “‘And if your[a] countryman[b] becomes poor and if he becomes dependent on you,[c] then[d] you shall support him like an alien and like a temporary resident, and he shall live with you. 36 You[e] must not take interest or[f] usury from him, but[g] you shall revere your God, and your countryman[h] shall live with you. 37 You[i] must not give your money to him with interest or[j] give your food for[k] profit. 38 I am Yahweh your[l] God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt to give you[m] the land of Canaan, to be as God for you.

39 “‘And if your[n] countryman[o] who is with you becomes poor, and he is sold to you, you shall not treat him as a slave.[p] 40 He shall be with you like a hired worker, like a temporary resident; he shall work with you until the Year of Jubilee. 41 And he and his sons with him shall go out from you, and he shall return to his clan, and to the property of his ancestors[q] he shall return. 42 Because they are my servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt, they shall not be sold as a slave.[r] 43 You[s] shall not rule over him with ruthlessness, but[t] you shall revere your God.

44 “‘As for[u] your[v] slave and your[w] slave woman who are[x] yours,[y] from the nations that are all around you,[z] from them you[aa] may buy a slave or[ab] a slave woman. 45 And you[ac] may buy also from the children[ad] of the temporary residents who are dwelling with you as aliens and from their clan who are with you, who have children in your land; indeed,[ae] they may be as property for you. 46 And you[af] may pass them on as an inheritance to your[ag] sons[ah] after you[ai] to take possession of as property for all time[aj]—you[ak] may let them work. But[al] as for your[am] countrymen,[an] the Israelites,[ao] you[ap] shall not rule with ruthlessness over one another.[aq]

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 25:35 Singular throughout this verse
  2. Leviticus 25:35 Or “brother”
  3. Leviticus 25:35 Literally “and his hand is shaky with you”
  4. Leviticus 25:35 Or “and”
  5. Leviticus 25:36 Singular throughout this verse
  6. Leviticus 25:36 Or “and”
  7. Leviticus 25:36 Or “and”
  8. Leviticus 25:36 Or “brother”
  9. Leviticus 25:37 Singular throughout this verse
  10. Leviticus 25:37 Or “and”
  11. Leviticus 25:37 Or “in” or “with”
  12. Leviticus 25:38 Plural throughout this verse
  13. Leviticus 25:38 Literally “to you”
  14. Leviticus 25:39 Singular throughout this verse
  15. Leviticus 25:39 Or “brother”
  16. Leviticus 25:39 Literally “you shall not let him work the work of a slave” or “you shall not enslave him the work of a slave”
  17. Leviticus 25:41 Or “fathers”
  18. Leviticus 25:42 Literally “a selling of a slave”
  19. Leviticus 25:43 Singular throughout this verse
  20. Leviticus 25:43 Or “and”
  21. Leviticus 25:44 Or “And”
  22. Leviticus 25:44 Singular
  23. Leviticus 25:44 Singular
  24. Leviticus 25:44 Or “may be” (permission; cf. NASU, ESV, NRSV) or “can be” (ability)
  25. Leviticus 25:44 Singular
  26. Leviticus 25:44 Plural
  27. Leviticus 25:44 Plural
  28. Leviticus 25:44 Or “and”
  29. Leviticus 25:45 Plural throughout this verse
  30. Leviticus 25:45 Or “sons”
  31. Leviticus 25:45 Or “and”
  32. Leviticus 25:46 Plural
  33. Leviticus 25:46 Plural
  34. Leviticus 25:46 Or “children”
  35. Leviticus 25:46 Plural
  36. Leviticus 25:46 Literally “to eternity” or “forever” or “for a long duration”
  37. Leviticus 25:46 Plural
  38. Leviticus 25:46 Or “And”
  39. Leviticus 25:46 Plural
  40. Leviticus 25:46 Or “brothers”
  41. Leviticus 25:46 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  42. Leviticus 25:46 Singular
  43. Leviticus 25:46 Literally “a man over his brother”
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