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Dignity in Desperation
Commentators emphasize that when an Israelite sold himself due to poverty, he was not to be treated like a foreign slave. He was still a 'brother' and was to be spared degrading tasks, such as attending his master at the bath or undoing his sandals. This law protected the inherent dignity of the person even in a state of servitude.
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Leviticus
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Albert Barnes
On Leviticus 25:39–40
18th Century
Theologian
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…
Charles Ellicott
On Leviticus 25:39
19th Century
Bishop
And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor. — Better, And if your brother becomes poor near you, that is, after suppo…
John Calvin
On Leviticus 25:39
16th Century
Theologian
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…
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John Gill
On Leviticus 25:39
17th Century
Pastor
And if your brother [that dwells] by you become poor The above laws and instructions seem designed to prevent such extrem…
Matthew Henry
On Leviticus 25:39–55
17th Century
Minister
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…