Leviticus 25:42 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁴² For they are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as slaves.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴² 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

⁴² 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)

⁴² 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

⁴² 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

⁴² 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

⁴² For they are my servants, and I brought them out of the land of Egypt: let them not be sold as bondmen.

Leviticus 25:42 Cross References

Exodus 20:2

“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Leviticus 25:41

then he shall go out from you, he and his children with him, and go back to his own family, and return to the possession of his fathers.

Leviticus 25:43

You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.

Leviticus 25:55

For to me the people of Israel are servants, they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 26:13

I am the Lord your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves; and I have broken the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect.

Romans 6:22

But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the return you get is sanctification and its end, eternal life.

Deuteronomy 15:13

And when you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty-handed;