And I said to those people, “Our Jewish brothers were sold as slaves to people in other countries. We did our best to buy them back and make them free. And now, you are selling them like slaves again!”
Leviticus 25:47 - Easy To Read Version “Maybe a foreigner or visitor among you will become rich. Maybe a person from your own country [436] will become poor, so that he sells himself as a slave to a foreigner living among you or to a member of a foreigner’s family. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if a sojourner or stranger with you becomes rich and your [Israelite] brother becomes poor beside him and sells himself to the stranger or sojourner with you or to a member of the stranger's family, American Standard Version (1901) And if a stranger or sojourner with thee be waxed rich, and thy brother be waxed poor beside him, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner with thee, or to the stock of the stranger’s family; Common English Bible If an immigrant or foreign guest prospers financially among you, but your fellow Israelite faces financial difficulty and so sells themselves to the immigrant or foreign guest, or to a descendant of a foreigner, Catholic Public Domain Version If the hand of a newcomer or a sojourner will have grown strong among you, and your brother, having become impoverished, will have sold himself to him, or to any of his stock, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If the hand of a stranger or a sojourner grow strong among you, and thy brother being impoverished sell himself to him, or to any of his race: |
And I said to those people, “Our Jewish brothers were sold as slaves to people in other countries. We did our best to buy them back and make them free. And now, you are selling them like slaves again!”
A person in your country might become very poor. He might be so poor that he must sell his property. So his close relative must come and buy back the property for his relative.
A person might not have a close relative to buy back his land for him. But he might get enough money to buy back the land for himself.
You may even pass these foreign slaves on to your children after you die so that they will belong to your children. They will be your slaves forever. You may make slaves of these foreigners. But you must not be a cruel master over your own brothers, the people of Israel.
That person will have the right to be bought back {and become free}. One of his brothers [437] can buy him back.
Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! God chose the poor people in the world to be rich with faith. He chose them to receive the kingdom God promised to people who love him.