Leviticus 25:44

Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, [shall be] of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

Both thy bondmen {H5650}, and thy bondmaids {H519}, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen {H1471} that are round about {H5439} you; of them shall ye buy {H7069} bondmen {H5650} and bondmaids {H519}.

"'Concerning the men and women you may have as slaves: you are to buy men- and women-slaves from the nations surrounding you.

Your menservants and maidservants shall come from the nations around you, from whom you may purchase them.

And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, whom thou shalt have; of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

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Cross-References

  • Isaiah 14:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

  • Isaiah 14:2 (2 votes)

    And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

  • Exodus 12:44 (2 votes)

    But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.

  • Psalms 2:8 (2 votes)

    Ask of me, and I shall give [thee] the heathen [for] thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth [for] thy possession.

  • Psalms 2:9 (2 votes)

    Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

  • Revelation 2:26 (1 votes)

    And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:

  • Revelation 2:27 (1 votes)

    And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.