Leviticus 25:39
If a countryman among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, then you must not force him into slave labor.
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:
Note compel…: Heb. serve thyself with him with the service, etc
“‘If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you, you shall not make him to serve as a slave.
And if thy brother be waxed poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee; thou shalt not make him to serve as a bondservant.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- be sold
- Exodus 21:2; Exodus 22:3; Deuteronomy 15:12; 1 Kings 9:22; 2 Kings 4:1; Nehemiah 5:5; Jeremiah 34:14
- compel him to serve as
- Heb. serve thyself with him withthe service of, etc.
- Leviticus 25:46; Exodus 1:14; Jeremiah 25:14; Jeremiah 27:7; Jeremiah 30:8