Leviticus 25:39
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“‘And if thy brother who dwelleth by thee be waxed poor and is sold unto thee, thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond servant;
And if thy brother be waxed poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee; thou shalt not make him to serve as a bondservant.
‘And if your fellow countryman becomes so poor [in his dealings] with you that he sells himself to you [as payment for a debt], you shall not let him do the work of a slave [who is ineligible for redemption],
And if your brother becomes poor beside you and sells himself to you, you shall not compel him to serve as a bondman (a slave not eligible for redemption),
¶ 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:
“If your brother among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, you must not force him to do slave labor.
If one of your fellow Israelites faces financial difficulty with you and sells themselves to you, you must not make him work as a slave.
(RY: iv, LY: vi) “‘If a member of your people has become poor among you and sells himself to you, do not make him do the work of a slave.
Suppose some of your people become so poor that they have to sell themselves and become your slaves.
And if thy brother grow poor beside thee, and be sold unto thee, thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
If thy brother constrained by poverty, sell himself to thee, thou shalt not oppress him with the service of bondservants:
“If anyone from your own country becomes so poor that they must sell themselves to you, don’t make them work like slaves.
If an Israelite becomes poor, he might sell himself to you. But he must not work for you as a slave. You must pay him to work as your servant.
When your fellow Israelite becomes so indebted to you that he is sold to you, you shall not make him serve as a slave.
“If your brother becomes poor beside you and sells himself to you, you shall not make him serve as a slave:
“If your brother becomes poor beside you and sells himself to you, you shall not make him serve as a slave:
“‘If ·anyone from your country [your brother/kinsman] becomes very poor and sells himself as a slave to you, you must not make him work like a slave [Ex. 21:2–6; Deut. 15:12–18].
¶ If thy brother also that dwelleth by thee be impoverished, and be sold unto thee, thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond servant,
“If an Israelite becomes poor and sells himself to you, don’t work him like a slave.
If any Israelites living near you become so poor that they sell themselves to you as a slave, you shall not make them do the work of a slave.
“If your brother among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, you must not force him to do slave labor.
“‘Someone from your country might become very poor. He might even sell himself as a slave to you. If he does, you must not make him work like a slave.
“If your brother with you becomes so poor that he sells himself to you, you are not to make him serve like a bond slave.
¶ And when thy brother becomes poor, being with thee, and if he should sell himself unto thee, thou shalt not compel him to serve as a slave.
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:
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:
‘If a brother of yours becomes so poor with regard to you that he sells himself to you, you shall not subject him to a slave’s service.
“‘And if your countryman who is with you becomes poor, and he is sold to you, you shall not treat him as a slave.
“If a fellow Israelite becomes poor and sells himself to you, you must not treat him as an ordinary slave,
“If one of your brothers becomes indigent and has to sell himself to you, don’t make him work as a slave. Treat him as a hired hand or a guest among you. He will work for you until the Jubilee, after which he and his children are set free to go back to his clan and his ancestral land. Because the People of Israel are my servants whom I brought out of Egypt, they must never be sold as slaves. Don’t tyrannize them; fear your God.
If your brother who dwells near you becomes poor and sells himself to you, you shall not compel him to serve as a bondservant.
“If an Israelite becomes poor and sells himself to you, don’t work him like a slave.
When your kindred with you, having been so reduced to poverty, sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves.
‘Now if a countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to you that he sells himself to you, you shall not subject him to a slave’s service.
‘If a countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to you that he sells himself to you, you shall not subject him to a slave’s service.
“If your brother becomes poor and sells himself to you, you shall not make him serve you as a slave.
“‘If anyone from your country becomes very poor and sells himself as a slave to you, you must not make him work like a slave.
“‘If your brother becomes impoverished with regard to you so that he sells himself to you, you must not subject him to slave service.
“ ‘Suppose any of your own people become poor. And suppose they sell themselves to you. Then do not make them work as slaves.
“‘If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves.
‘“If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves.
‘And if one of your brethren who dwells by you becomes poor, and sells himself to you, you shall not compel him to serve as a slave.
‘If your brother becomes so poor that he sells himself to you, do not make him work as a servant.
“If one of your fellow Israelites falls into poverty and is forced to sell himself to you, do not treat him as a slave.
If any who are dependent on you become so impoverished that they sell themselves to you, you shall not make them serve as slaves.
If any who are dependent on you become so impoverished that they sell themselves to you, you shall not make them serve as slaves.
If any who are dependent on you become so impoverished that they sell themselves to you, you shall not make them serve as slaves.
“If any who are dependent on you become so impoverished that they sell themselves to you, you shall not make them serve as slaves.
And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee become poor, and be sold unto thee, thou shalt not compel him to do avodat eved;
“And if your brother becomes poor beside you, and sells himself to you, you shall not make him serve as a slave:
“And if your brother becomes poor beside you, and sells himself to you, you shall not make him serve as a slave:
“If your brother has grown poor among you and sells himself to you, you must not subject him to slave labor.
If your fellow citizen becomes so poor that he must sell himself to you as a slave, do not treat him as a slave.
“‘If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you, you shall not make him to serve as a slave.
If thy brother compelled by poverty selleth himself to thee, thou shalt not oppress him by servage of servants (thou shalt not make him thy slave),
`And when thy brother becometh poor with thee, and he hath been sold to thee, thou dost not lay on him servile service;
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