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- Leviticus
- Chapter 25
- Verse 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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Commentary
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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.
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…
Prohibition of usury in the case of a poor Israelite(H with perhaps a slight admixture of P)
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