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God's Redeemed Servants
All commentators agree that this law is rooted in God's redemptive act in the Exodus. Because God brought the Israelites out of Egypt, He claims them as His servants. This divine ownership takes precedence over any human claim, preventing any Israelite from being treated as mere property or a permanent slave by another person.
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Leviticus
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Charles Ellicott
On Leviticus 25:42
19th Century
Bishop
For they are my servants. —This is a clue to the whole system of Hebrew servitude. These poverty-stricken men, who are dr…
John Calvin
On Leviticus 25:42
16th Century
Theologian
For they are my servants. God here declares that His own right is invaded when those, whom He claims as His property, are taken into subje…
John Gill
On Leviticus 25:42
17th Century
Pastor
For they [are] my servants, which I brought forth out of the
land of Egypt
The Lord r…
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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…