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Selected Verse: Leviticus 25:44 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| Le 25:44 |
Strong Concordance |
Both thy bondmen [05650], and thy bondmaids [0519], which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen [01471] that are round about [05439] you; of them shall ye buy [07069] bondmen [05650] and bondmaids [0519]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Property in foreign slaves is here distinctly permitted. It was a patriarchal custom Gen 17:12. Such slaves might be captives taken in war (Num 31:6 following; Deu 20:14), or those consigned to slavery for their crimes, or those purchased of foreign slave-dealers. The price of a slave is supposed to have varied from thirty to fifty shekels. See Lev 27:3-4, note; Exo 21:32, note; Zac 11:12-13, note; Mat 26:15, note. It was the object of Moses, not at once to do away with slavery, but to discourage and to mitigate it. The Law would not suffer it to be forgotten that the slave was a man, and protected him in every way that was possible at the time against the injustice or cruelty of his master. See the notes at Exo. 21.
Lev 25:46
Your bondmen forever - i. e. they were not necessarily to be released in the sabbatical year nor at the Jubilee. |
46 And ye shall take them as an inheritance [05157] for your children [01121] after [0310] you, to inherit [03423] them for a possession [0272]; they shall be your bondmen [05647] for ever [05769]: but over your brethren [0251] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], ye shall not rule [07287] one [0376] over another [0251] with rigour [06531].
15 And said [2036] unto them, What [5101] will ye [2309] give [1325] me [3427], and [2504] I will deliver [3860] him [846] unto you [5213]? And [1161] they covenanted [2476] with him [846] for thirty [5144] pieces of silver [694].
12 And I said [0559] unto them, If ye think [05869] good [02896], give [03051] me my price [07939]; and if not, forbear [02308]. So they weighed [08254] for my price [07939] thirty [07970] pieces of silver [03701].
13 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto me, Cast [07993] it unto the potter [03335]: a goodly [0145] price [03366] that I was prised at [03365] of them. And I took [03947] the thirty [07970] pieces of silver [03701], and cast [07993] them to the potter [03335] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068].
32 If the ox [07794] shall push [05055] a manservant [05650] or a maidservant [0519]; he shall give [05414] unto their master [0113] thirty [07970] shekels [08255] of silver [03701], and the ox [07794] shall be stoned [05619].
3 And thy estimation [06187] shall be of the male [02145] from twenty [06242] years [08141] old [01121] even unto sixty [08346] years [08141] old [01121], even thy estimation [06187] shall be fifty [02572] shekels [08255] of silver [03701], after the shekel [08255] of the sanctuary [06944].
4 And if it be a female [05347], then thy estimation [06187] shall be thirty [07970] shekels [08255].
14 But the women [0802], and the little ones [02945], and the cattle [0929], and all that is in the city [05892], even all the spoil [07998] thereof, shalt thou take [0962] unto thyself; and thou shalt eat [0398] the spoil [07998] of thine enemies [0341], which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] hath given [05414] thee.
6 And Moses [04872] sent [07971] them to the war [06635], a thousand [0505] of every tribe [04294], them and Phinehas [06372] the son [01121] of Eleazar [0499] the priest [03548], to the war [06635], with the holy [06944] instruments [03627], and the trumpets [02689] to blow [08643] in his hand [03027].
12 And he that is eight [08083] days [03117] old [01121] shall be circumcised [04135] among you, every man child [02145] in your generations [01755], he that is born [03211] in the house [01004], or bought [04736] with money [03701] of any stranger [01121] [05236], which is not of thy seed [02233].