Leviticus 25:47

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And if one from another nation living among you gets wealth, and your countryman, at his side, becomes poor and gives himself for money to the man from another nation or to one of his family;

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  • Lev 25:26 : 26 And if he has no one to get it back for him, and later he himself gets wealth and has enough money to get it back;
  • 1 Sam 2:7-8 : 7 The Lord gives wealth and takes a man's goods from him: crushing men down and again lifting them up; 8 Lifting the poor out of the dust, and him who is in need out of the lowest place, to give them their place among rulers, and for their heritage the seat of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's and he has made them the base of the world.
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?

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  • Lev 25:35-37
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    35And if your brother becomes poor and is not able to make a living, then you are to keep him with you, helping him as you would a man from another country who is living among you.

    36Take no interest from him, in money or in goods, but have the fear of your God before you, and let your brother make a living among you.

    37Do not take interest on the money which you let him have or on the food which you give him.

  • Lev 25:44-46
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    44But you may get servants as property from among the nations round about; from them you may take men-servants and women-servants.

    45And in addition, you may get, for money, servants from among the children of other nations who are living with you, and from their families which have come to birth in your land; and these will be your property.

    46And they will be your children's heritage after you, to keep as their property; they will be your servants for ever; but you may not be hard masters to your countrymen, the children of Israel.

  • Lev 25:48-54
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    48After he has given himself he has the right to be made free, for a price, by one of his brothers,

    49Or his father's brother, or the son of his father's brother, or any near relation; or if he gets money, he may make himself free.

    50And let the years be numbered from the time when he gave himself to his owner till the year of Jubilee, and the price given for him will be in relation to the number of years, on the scale of the payment of a servant.

    51If there is still a long time, he will give back, on account of it, a part of the price which was given for him.

    52And if there is only a short time, he will take account of it with his master, and in relation to the number of years he will give back the price of making him free.

    53And he will be with him as a servant working for payment year by year; his master is not to be cruel to him before your eyes.

    54And if he is not made free in this way, he will go out in the year of Jubilee, he and his children with him.

  • Lev 25:24-28
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    82%

    24Wherever there is property in land, the owner is to have the right of getting it back.

    25If your brother becomes poor, and has to give up some of his land for money, his nearest relation may come and get back that which his brother has given up.

    26And if he has no one to get it back for him, and later he himself gets wealth and has enough money to get it back;

    27Then let him take into account the years from the time when he gave it up, and make up the loss for the rest of the years to him who took it, and so get back his property.

    28But if he is not able to get it back for himself, then it will be kept by him who gave a price for it, till the year of Jubilee; and in that year it will go back to its first owner and he will have his property again.

  • Lev 25:39-41
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    39And 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;

    40But let him be with you as a servant working for payment, till the year of Jubilee;

    41Then he will go out from you, he and his children with him, and go back to his family and to the property of his fathers.

  • Deut 15:3-4
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    3A man of another nation may be forced to make payment of his debt, but if your brother has anything of yours, let it go;

    4But there will be no poor among you; for the Lord will certainly give you his blessing in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage;

  • Deut 23:20
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    20From men of other nations you may take interest, but not from an Israelite: so that the blessing of the Lord your God may be on everything to which you put your hand, in the land which you are about to take as your heritage.

  • Deut 24:14
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    14Do not be hard on a servant who is poor and in need, if he is one of your countrymen or a man from another nation living with you in your land.

  • Deut 15:11-13
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    11For there will never be a time when there are no poor in the land; and so I give orders to you, Let your hand be open to your countrymen, to those who are poor and in need in your land.

    12If one of your countrymen, a Hebrew man or woman, becomes your servant for a price and does work for you six years, in the seventh year let him go free.

    13And when you make him free, do not let him go away with nothing in his hands:

  • Deut 15:7
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    7If in any of your towns in the land which the Lord your God is giving you, there is a poor man, one of your countrymen, do not let your heart be hard or your hand shut to him;

  • Ezek 47:22-23
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    22And you are to make a distribution of it, by the decision of the Lord, for a heritage to you and to the men from other lands who are living among you and who have children in your land: they will be the same to you as if they were Israelites by birth, they will have their heritage with you among the tribes of Israel.

    23In whatever tribe the man from a strange land is living, there you are to give him his heritage, says the Lord.

  • Lev 25:14-15
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    14And in the business of trading goods for money, do no wrong to one another.

    15Let your exchange of goods with your neighbours have relation to the number of years after the year of Jubilee, and the number of times the earth has given her produce.

  • Lev 19:33-34
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    33And if a man from another country is living in your land with you, do not make life hard for him;

    34Let him be to you as one of your countrymen and have love for him as for yourself; for you were living in a strange land, in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

  • Prov 5:10
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    10And strange men may be full of your wealth, and the fruit of your work go to the house of others;

  • Num 27:10
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    10And if he has no brothers, then give his heritage to his father's brothers.

  • Deut 24:7
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    7If a man takes by force one of his countrymen, the children of Israel, using him as his property or getting a price for him, that thief is to be put to death: so you are to put away evil from among you.

  • Deut 22:2
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    2If their owner is not near, or if you are not certain who he is, then take the beast to your house and keep it till its owner comes in search of it, and then you are to give it back to him.

  • Deut 25:5
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    5If brothers are living together and one of them, at his death, has no son, the wife of the dead man is not to be married outside the family to another man: let her husband's brother go in to her and make her his wife, doing as it is right for a brother-in-law to do.

  • Exod 22:25
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    25If you let any of the poor among my people have the use of your money, do not be a hard creditor to him, and do not take interest.

  • Deut 28:43
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    43The man from a strange land who is living among you will be lifted up higher and higher over you, while you go down lower and lower.

  • Deut 10:19
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    19So be kind to the man from a strange country who is living among you, for you yourselves were living in a strange country in the land of Egypt.

  • Deut 14:29
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    29And the Levite, because he has no part or heritage in the land, and the man from a strange country, and the child who has no father, and the widow, who are living among you, will come and take food and have enough; and so the blessing of the Lord your God will be on you in everything you do.

  • Deut 23:7
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    7But have no hate for an Edomite, because he is your brother, or for an Egyptian, for you were living in his land.

  • Exod 12:49
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    49The law is the same for him who is an Israelite by birth and for the man from a strange country who is living with you.

  • Deut 24:17
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    17Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt:

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    15Are we not as people from a strange country to him? for he took a price for us and now it is all used up.

  • Jer 34:14
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    14At the end of seven years every man is to let go his countryman who is a Hebrew, who has become yours for a price and has been your servant for six years; you are to let him go free: but your fathers gave no attention and did not give ear.

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    19When you get in the grain from your field, if some of the grain has been dropped by chance in the field, do not go back and get it, but let it be for the man from a strange land, the child without a father, and the widow: so that the blessing of the Lord your God may be on all the work of your hands.