Verse 39
Leviticus 25:39
Bible in Basic English
39
And if your brother becomes poor and gives himself to you for money, do not make use of him like a servant who is your property;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/כִֽי יָמ֥וּךְ אָחִ֛י/ךָ עִמָּ֖/ךְ וְ/נִמְכַּר לָ֑/ךְ לֹא תַעֲבֹ֥ד בּ֖/וֹ עֲבֹ֥דַת עָֽבֶד
English Translation
If your brother becomes poor beside you and sells himself to you, you shall not make him serve as a slave.
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Chapter 25 Context
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And the Lord said to Moses on Mount Sinai,
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Say to the children of Israel, When you come into the land which I will give you, let the land keep...
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For six years put seed into your land, and for six years give care to your vines and get in the prod...
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But let the seventh year be a Sabbath of rest for the land, a Sabbath to the Lord; do not put seed i...
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That which comes to growth of itself may not be cut, and the grapes of your uncared-for vines may no...
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And the Sabbath of the land will give food for you and your man-servant and your woman-servant and t...
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And for your cattle and the beasts on the land; all the natural increase of the land will be for foo...
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And let seven Sabbaths of years be numbered to you, seven times seven years; even the days of seven...
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Then let the loud horn be sounded far and wide on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the day of...
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And let this fiftieth year be kept holy, and say publicly that everyone in the land is free from deb...
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Let this fiftieth year be the Jubilee: no seed may be planted, and that which comes to growth of its...
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For it is the Jubilee, and it is holy to you; your food will be the natural increase of the field.
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In this year of Jubilee, let every man go back to his heritage.
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And in the business of trading goods for money, do no wrong to one another.
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Let your exchange of goods with your neighbours have relation to the number of years after the year...
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If the number of years is great, the price will be increased, and if the number of years is small, t...
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And do no wrong, one to another, but let the fear of your God (Elohim) be before you; for I am the L...
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So keep my rules and my decisions and do them, and you will be safe in your land.
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And the land will give her fruit, and you will have food in full measure and be safe in the land.
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And if you say, Where will our food come from in the seventh year, when we may not put in seed, or g...
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Then I will send my blessing on you in the sixth year, and the land will give fruit enough for three...
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And in the eighth year you will put in your seed, and get your food from the old stores, till the fr...
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No exchange of land may be for ever, for the land is mine, and you are as my guests, living with me...
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Wherever there is property in land, the owner is to have the right of getting it back.
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If your brother becomes poor, and has to give up some of his land for money, his nearest relation ma...
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And if he has no one to get it back for him, and later he himself gets wealth and has enough money t...
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Then let him take into account the years from the time when he gave it up, and make up the loss for...
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But if he is not able to get it back for himself, then it will be kept by him who gave a price for i...
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And if a man gives his house in a walled town for money, he has the right to get it back for the spa...
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And if he does not get it back by the end of the year, then the house in the town will become the pr...
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But houses in small unwalled towns will be the same as property in the country; they may be got back...
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But the houses in the towns of the Levites may be got back by the Levites at any time.
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And if a Levite does not give money to get back his property, his house in the town which was exchan...
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But the land on the outskirts of their towns may not be exchanged for money, for it is their propert...
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And if your brother becomes poor and is not able to make a living, then you are to keep him with you...
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Take no interest from him, in money or in goods, but have the fear of your God (Elohim) before you,...
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Do not take interest on the money which you let him have or on the food which you give him.
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I am the Lord your God (Elohim), who took you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaa...
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And if your brother becomes poor and gives himself to you for money, do not make use of him like a s...
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But let him be with you as a servant working for payment, till the year of Jubilee;
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Then he will go out from you, he and his children with him, and go back to his family and to the pro...
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For they are my servants whom I took out from the land of Egypt; they may not become the property of...
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Do not be a hard master to him, but have the fear of God (Elohim) before you.
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But you may get servants as property from among the nations round about; from them you may take men-...
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And in addition, you may get, for money, servants from among the children of other nations who are l...
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And they will be your children's heritage after you, to keep as their property; they will be your se...
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And if one from another nation living among you gets wealth, and your countryman, at his side, becom...
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After he has given himself he has the right to be made free, for a price, by one of his brothers,
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Or his father's brother, or the son of his father's brother, or any near relation; or if he gets mon...
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And let the years be numbered from the time when he gave himself to his owner till the year of Jubil...
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If there is still a long time, he will give back, on account of it, a part of the price which was gi...
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And if there is only a short time, he will take account of it with his master, and in relation to th...
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And he will be with him as a servant working for payment year by year; his master is not to be cruel...
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And if he is not made free in this way, he will go out in the year of Jubilee, he and his children w...
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For the children of Israel are servants to me; they are my servants whom I took out of the land of E...
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