Leviticus:25:39-55
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And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor ,
and be sold unto thee ;
thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant :
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But as an hired servant ,
and as a sojourner ,
he shall be with thee ,
and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile :
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And then shall he depart from thee ,
both he and his children with him ,
and shall return unto his own family ,
and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return .
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For they are my servants ,
which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt :
they shall not be sold as bondmen .
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Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour ;
but shalt fear thy God .
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Both thy bondmen ,
and thy bondmaids ,
which thou shalt have ,
shall be of the heathen that are round about you ;
of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids .
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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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And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you ,
to inherit them for a possession ;
they shall be your bondmen for ever :
but over your brethren the children of Israel Yisra #
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ye shall not rule one over another with rigour .
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And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee ,
and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor ,
and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee ,
or to the stock of the strangers family :
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After that he is sold he may be redeemed again ;
one of his brethren may redeem him :
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Either his uncle ,
or his uncles son ,
may redeem him ,
or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him ;
or if he be able ,
he may redeem himself .
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And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile :
and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years ,
according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him .
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If there be yet many years behind ,
according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for .
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And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile ,
then he shall count with him ,
and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption .
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And as a yearly shaneh #
hired servant shall he be with him :
and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight .
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And if he be not redeemed in these years ,
then he shall go out in the year of jubile ,
both he ,
and his children with him .
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For unto me the children of Israel are servants ;
they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt :
I am the LORD your God .