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or his uncle, or his uncle`s son, may redeem him, or any who is a close relative to him of his family may redeem him; or if he has grown rich, he may redeem himself.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
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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19th Century
Anglican
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 …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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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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…
