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Levítico 25:42
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"Porque ellos son mis siervos, los cuales saqué de la tierra de Egipto; no serán vendidos en venta de esclavos.
Porque son mis siervos, los cuales saqu� yo de la tierra de Egipto: no ser�n vendidos � manera de siervos.
Porque me pertenecen, yo los saqu� de la tierra de Egipto; y no ser�n vendidos a manera de esclavos.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
my servants: Leviticus 25:55, Romans 6:22, 1 Corinthians 7:21-23
as bondmen: Heb. with the sale of a bondman
Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:13 - I am Deuteronomy 15:13 - General Deuteronomy 20:11 - tributaries Isaiah 41:8 - thou John 8:33 - We be 1 Corinthians 7:23 - are
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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 first, they cannot be the servants of others; his right unto them as such antecedes and prevents any other claim upon them:
they shall not be sold as bondmen; or, "with", or, "according to the sale of a bondman" u; in the manner they are sold, or according to the laws of selling of servants; not in such a public manner as they are sold in markets, nor for such purposes to be used as slaves in a rigorous manner, nor so as to be retained for ever in servitude; not to be sold by proclamation, as Jarchi observes, saying, here is a servant to be sold; nor shall they set him upon the stone of sale; for it seems in public places in markets, where slaves were sold, there was a stone on which they were placed, which showed that they were to be sold; but now an Israelite was not to be sold in such a manner, so Maimonides w says, but privately, in an honourable way.
u ממכרת עבד "venditione servi", Drusius. w Hilchot Abadim, c. 1. sect. 5.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Leviticus 25:42. 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 themselves from him. It was in being his servants, and devoted to his work, that both their religious and political service consisted. And although their political liberty might be lost, they knew that their spiritual liberty never could be forfeited except by an utter alienation from God. God therefore claims the same right to their persons which he does to their lands; Leviticus 25:23.
