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37 (A)Do not give your money at interest or your food at a profit. 38 I, the Lord, am your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.

39 [a]When your kindred with you, having been so reduced to poverty, sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 25:39–43 Here the individual Israelite has no assets and must become indentured to another Israelite for economic survival. No provision is given for redemption before the jubilee year, though such is probably allowed.

37 You must not lend them money at interest(A) or sell them food at a profit. 38 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan(B) and to be your God.(C)

39 “‘If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves.(D)

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