For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
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Interpretation
A native Israelite, if sold for debt, or for a crime, was to serve but six years, and to go out the seventh. If he sold himself, through poverty, both his work and his usage must be such as were fitting for a son of Abraham.
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This thought runs through Leviticus 25:39-42.
Glossary
- Egypt Place
- The land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture. Modern identification: Ain Shams.