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Leviticus 25:39-41
New Catholic Bible
Leviticus 25:39-41
New Catholic Bible
39 “If your brother becomes poor and sells himself to you, you shall not make him serve you as a slave. 40 Treat him as a hired servant or a guest. He is to serve you only until the Jubilee Year.[a] 41 He shall then leave you, he and his children, and he shall return to his own family and return to the property owned by his fathers.
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- Leviticus 25:40 This verse represents progress as compared with the Code of the Covenant (Ex 21:2).
Leviticus 25:39-41
New International Version
Leviticus 25:39-41
New International Version
39 “‘If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves.(A) 40 They are to be treated as hired workers(B) or temporary residents among you; they are to work for you until the Year of Jubilee. 41 Then they and their children are to be released, and they will go back to their own clans and to the property(C) of their ancestors.(D)
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