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A Sacred Family Duty
Commentators explain that redeeming a relative sold to a foreigner was a compulsory duty for the family. This was to prevent the person from being assimilated into pagan culture. It underscores the community's profound responsibility for the spiritual and physical well-being of its members, a principle seen in action in Nehemiah 5:8.
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Leviticus
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Albert Barnes
On Leviticus 25:47–54
18th Century
Theologian
A sojourner or stranger — Rather, a foreigner who has settled among you. See Leviticus 16:29, note; Exodus 20:10, note.
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Charles Ellicott
On Leviticus 25:49
19th Century
Bishop
Either his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him. —That is, any of his relatives are to redeem him, which is not the …
John Gill
On Leviticus 25:49
17th Century
Pastor
Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him; it is father's brother or his father's brother's son, as the Targum…
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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…