Leviticus 25:42

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Because the Israelites are my servants, whom I brought out of Egypt, they must not be sold as slaves.

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  • Lev 25:55 : 55 For the Israelites are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
  • Rom 6:22 : 22 But now, having been freed from sin and bound to God, you have your fruit, which leads to sanctification—and the outcome is eternal life.
  • 1 Cor 7:21-23 : 21 Were you called while a slave? Do not let it trouble you. But if you can gain your freedom, do so. 22 For the one who was called as a slave in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person; in the same way, the one who was called while free is Christ’s slave. 23 You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.

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  • Lev 25:53-55
    3 verses
    84%

    53 They are to be treated as a yearly hired worker while with their buyer, and they must not be ruled over harshly in your sight.

    54 If they are not redeemed in any of these ways, they and their children are to be released in the Year of Jubilee.

    55 For the Israelites are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

  • Lev 25:43-46
    4 verses
    81%

    43 Do not rule over them harshly, but fear your God.

    44 Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves.

    45 You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your land, and they will become your property.

    46 You can bequeath them to your children as inherited property and make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites harshly.

  • Lev 25:38-41
    4 verses
    80%

    38 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.

    39 If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves.

    40 They are to be treated as hired workers or temporary residents among you; they are to work for you until the Year of Jubilee.

    41 Then they and their children are to be released, and they will return to their own family and to the property of their ancestors.

  • 2 If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years, but in the seventh year he shall go free, without any payment.

  • 5 But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I do not want to go free,’

  • 15 For the LORD your God moves about in your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies into your hands. Your camp must be holy so that He will not see anything indecent among you and turn away from you.

  • 68 The LORD will bring you back to Egypt in ships, in the way I said you would never see again. There, you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.

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    12 If your brother, a Hebrew man or woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, in the seventh year, you must set them free.

    13 And when you set them free, do not send them away empty-handed.

  • 2 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

  • Jer 34:9-11
    3 verses
    73%

    9 Each was to free his Hebrew servants, both male and female, so that no one would enslave a fellow Hebrew, a fellow Jew.

    10 And all the officials and all the people who entered into the covenant agreed to set free their male and female slaves, so that they would no longer enslave them. They obeyed and set them free.

    11 But afterward they turned back and took back the men and women they had freed, and forced them to become slaves again.

  • 7 But I will judge the nation that they serve as slaves,' said God, 'and afterward, they will come out and worship me in this place.'

  • 6 "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

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    15 Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you. That is why I am giving you this command today.

    16 But if they say to you, 'I will not leave you,' because they love you and your household and are well off with you,

    17 then take an awl and pierce their ear to the door, and they will become your servant for life. You shall do the same for your female servant.

    18 Do not consider it hard to set them free, because their service to you for six years was worth twice as much as that of a hired worker, and the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.

  • 13 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to them; I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk with heads held high.

  • 22 Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt. That is why I command you to do this.

  • 50 They and their buyer are to calculate the time from the year they were sold to the Year of Jubilee. The price of their release shall be based on the number of years, like the wages of a hired worker.

  • Jer 34:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13 This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I made a covenant with your ancestors when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, saying:

    14 At the end of seven years, each of you must set free your Hebrew brothers who have been sold to you and have served you for six years. You must release them to go free. But your ancestors did not obey me or pay attention to me.

  • 23 The land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine; you are only foreigners and residents with me.

  • 7 If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as male servants do.

  • 2 Nations will take them and bring them to their own place. Then the house of Israel will possess them in the LORD's land as male and female servants. They will take captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.

  • 10 They are your servants and your people, whom you redeemed by your great strength and your mighty hand.

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    44 But any slave who has been purchased may eat of it after you have circumcised him.

    45 A temporary resident or hired servant may not eat of it.

  • 18 Remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from there. That is why I command you to do this.

  • 23 You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.

  • 51 for they are Your people and Your inheritance, whom You brought out of Egypt, out of the iron-smelting furnace.

  • 14 Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.

  • 23 and I told you to let my son go so he may worship me, but you refused to let him go. So I will kill your firstborn son.'

  • 16 O Lord, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of your maidservant; you have freed me from my chains.

  • 12 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these decrees.

  • 13 The Egyptians forced the Israelites to work as slaves.

  • 6 During this Sabbath of the land, all its produce will be food for you—for yourself, your servants, your hired workers, and the resident foreigners who live among you,

  • 11 No! Just the men may go and worship the LORD, since that's what you are asking for." And Pharaoh drove them out of his presence.

  • 14 "But I will judge the nation they serve, and afterward they will come out with great wealth."

  • 26 If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant and destroys it, he must let the servant go free in compensation for the eye.