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Two Tiers of Servitude
Commentators explain that this verse establishes a sharp legal distinction. Foreign slaves could be held permanently and passed down as inherited property, not being released in the year of Jubilee. In stark contrast, fellow Israelites, described as "brethren," were temporary servants who were to be treated with special consideration and not ruled over with harshness.
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Leviticus
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Albert Barnes
On Leviticus 25:44–46
18th Century
Theologian
Property in foreign slaves is distinctly permitted here. It was a patriarchal custom (Genesis 17:12). Such slaves might be captives tak…
Charles Ellicott
On Leviticus 25:46
19th Century
Bishop
And you shall take them as an inheritance for your children. —That is, they may appropriate them to themselves, as their …
John Gill
On Leviticus 25:46
17th Century
Pastor
And you shall take them as an inheritance for your children
after you
Which they migh…
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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…