“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery;
Leviticus 25:42 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 For they are my servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as slaves are sold. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the Israelites are My servants; I brought them out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as bondmen. [I Cor. 7:23.] American Standard Version (1901) For they are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen. Common English Bible You must do this because these people are my servants—I brought them out of Egypt’s land. They must not be sold as slaves. Catholic Public Domain Version For these are my servants, and I led them away from the land of Egypt; let them not be sold into the condition of servitude. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For they are my servants, and I brought them out of the land of Egypt: let them not be sold as bondmen. |
“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery;
Then they and their children with them shall go out from your authority; they shall go back to their own family and return to their ancestral property.
For to me the Israelites are servants; they are my servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be their slaves no more; I have broken the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect.
But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the fruit you have leads to sanctification, and the end is eternal life.
And when you send a male slave out from you a free person, you shall not send him out empty-handed.