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Selected Verse: Leviticus 25:43 - American Standard

Verse	Translation	Text
Le 25:43	American Standard	Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God.
	King James	Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Fear thy God - Yahweh was the Lord and Master of His people. To treat a Hebrew as a slave was therefore to interfere with the rights of Yahweh. Compare Rom 14:4.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Fear thy God - Yahweh was the Lord and Master of His people. To treat a Hebrew as a slave was therefore to interfere with the rights of Yahweh. Compare Rom 14:4.

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
fear (See Scofield) - (Psa 19:9).

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]

fear

(See Scofield) - (Psa 19:9).

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Fear thy God - Though thou dost not fear them who are in thy power, and unable to right themselves, yet fear that God who hath commanded thee to use them kindly, and who can and will avenge their cause, if thou oppress them.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Fear thy God - Though thou dost not fear them who are in thy power, and unable to right themselves, yet fear that God who hath commanded thee to use them kindly, and who can and will avenge their cause, if thou oppress them.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor - What is rigorous service? "Service which is not determined, and service whereof there is no need." This is the definition given by the Jews; but much more is implied in this command than is expressed here. Labour beyond the person's strength, or labor too long continued, or in unhealthy or uncomfortable places and circumstances, or without sufficient food, etc., is labor exacted with rigour, and consequently inhuman; and this law is made, not for the Mosaic dispensation and the Jewish people, but for every dispensation and for every people under heaven.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor - What is rigorous service? "Service which is not determined, and service whereof there is no need." This is the definition given by the Jews; but much more is implied in this command than is expressed here. Labour beyond the person's strength, or labor too long continued, or in unhealthy or uncomfortable places and circumstances, or without sufficient food, etc., is labor exacted with rigour, and consequently inhuman; and this law is made, not for the Mosaic dispensation and the Jewish people, but for every dispensation and for every people under heaven.

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