The law here appears harmoniously to supplement the earlier one in Exodus 21:1-6. It was another check applied periodically to the tyranny of the r…

And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor. — Better, And if your brother becomes poor near you, that is, after suppo…

And if thy brother. He now proceeds further, that is, that one who has bought his brother should treat him with humanity, and not otherwis…

And if your brother [that dwells] by you become poor The above laws and instructions seem designed to prevent such extrem…

A native Israelite, if sold for debt or for a crime, was to serve only six years and to go out free in the seventh. If he sold himself because of p…