Leviticus 25:47

New Century Version

“ ‘Suppose a foreigner or visitor among you becomes rich. If someone in your country becomes so poor that he has to sell himself as a slave to the foreigner living among you or to a member of the foreigner’s family,

Cross References

Nehemiah 5:8

I said to them, “As much as possible, we have bought freedom for our fellow Jews who had been sold to foreigners. Now you are selling your fellow Jews to us!” The leaders were quiet and had nothing to say.

Leviticus 25:25

If a person in your country becomes very poor and sells some land, then close relatives must come and buy it back.

Leviticus 25:26

If there is not a close relative to buy the land back, but if the person makes enough money to be able to buy it back,

Leviticus 25:46

and you may even pass them on to your children after you die; you can make them slaves forever. But you must not rule cruelly over your own people, the Israelites.

Leviticus 25:48

the poor person has the right to be bought back and become free. One of his relatives may buy him back:

James 2:5

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! God chose the poor in the world to be rich with faith and to receive the kingdom God promised to those who love him.