For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
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Gill's Exposition
For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt,.... The Lord redeemed them out of Egypt, made a purchase of them, and had a prior right unto them, and being his servants…
Adam Clarke
For they are my servants - As God redeemed every Israelite out of Egyptian bondage, they were therefore to consider themselves as his property, and that consequently they should not alienate…
We have here the laws concerning servitude, designed to preserve the honour of the Jewish nation as a free people, and rescued by a divine power out of the house of bondage, into the glorious liberty…
Prohibition of permanent servitude of one Israelite to another(H and P mixed, the former probably preponderating)
This case was to be subject to the operation of the law of Jubile, Moreover, the…