Leviticus 25:44 “Your menservants and maidservants shall come from the nations around y…”

Leviticus 25:44

Your menservants and maidservants shall come from the nations around you, from whom you may purchase them.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

“‘As for your male and your female slaves, whom you may have from the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves.

American Standard Version

And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, whom thou shalt have; of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thy bond seruant also, and thy bond maid, which thou shalt haue, shalbe of the heathen that are rounde about you: of them shall ye bye seruants and maydes.

Darby Translation

And as for thy bondman and thy handmaid whom thou shalt have — of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and handmaids.

Young's Literal Translation

'And thy man-servant and thy handmaid whom thou hast [are] of the nations who [are] round about you; of them ye buy man-servant and handmaid,

Bible in Basic English

But you may get servants as property from among the nations round about; from them you may take men-servants and women-servants.

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Cross references

“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.”

Exodus 12:44 Psalm 2:8 Psalm 2:9 Isaiah 14:1 Isaiah 14:2 Revelation 2:26

Exodus 12:44 · BSB

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

Psalm 2:8 · BSB

Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.

Psalm 2:9 · BSB

You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery. ”

Isaiah 14:1 · BSB

For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.

Isaiah 14:2 · BSB

The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD’s land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over th…

Revelation 2:26 · BSB

And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

43You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God.

45You may also purchase them from the foreigners residing among you or their clans living among you who are born in your land. These may become your property.

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