Leviticus 25:47

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“If a stranger or sojourner with you becomes rich, and your brother beside him becomes poor and sells himself to the stranger or sojourner with you, or to a member of the stranger's family,

Cross References

Nehemiah 5:8

and said to them, “We, as far as we are able, have bought back our Jewish brethren who have been sold to the nations; but you even sell your brethren that they may be sold to us!” They were silent, and could not find a word to say.

Leviticus 25:25

“If your brother becomes poor, and sells part of his property, then his next of kin shall come and redeem what his brother has sold.

Leviticus 25:26

If a man has no one to redeem it, and then himself becomes prosperous and finds sufficient means to redeem it,

Leviticus 25:46

You may bequeath them to your sons after you, to inherit as a possession for ever; you may make slaves of them, but over your brethren the people of Israel you shall not rule, one over another, with harshness.

Leviticus 25:48

then after he is sold he may be redeemed; one of his brothers may redeem him,

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brethren. Has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him?