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Leviticus 25:45

Leviticus 25:45
Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Moreover, of the children of the strangers, that do sojourn among you,.... The uncircumcised sojourners as they are called in the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, proselytes of the gate, such of the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Leviticus 25:44-46

Property in foreign slaves is here distinctly permitted. It was a patriarchal custom Gen 17:12. Such slaves might be captives taken in war (Num 31:6 following; Deu 20:14), or those consigned to…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Leviticus 25:39-55

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Leviticus 25:39-46

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…

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