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Leviticus 25:38

Leviticus 25:38
I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt,.... Where they had been strangers and sojourners, and therefore should be kind to such in necessitous circumstances, and relieve…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Here, and in Lev 25:42, Lev 25:55, is expressed the principle which was to limit and modify the servitude of Hebrew servants.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Leviticus 25:23-38

Here is, I. A law concerning the real estates of the Israelites in the land of Canaan, and the transferring of them. 1. No land should be sold for ever from the family to whose lot it fell in the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Leviticus 25:35-38

Prohibition of usury in the case of a poor Israelite(H with perhaps a slight admixture of P)