Leviticus 25:44
Bible › Leviticus › Chapter 25 › Verse 44
Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.Your menservants and maidservants shall come from the nations around you, from whom you may purchase them.
In other translations
Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.Your menservants and maidservants shall come from the nations around you, from whom you may purchase them.
Hebrew words
וְעַבְדְּךָve'avdekhaand [male] slave yourH5650וַאֲמָתְךָva'amatekhaand female slave yourH519אֲשֶׁר'asherwhoH834יִהְיוּ־yihyu-they will belongH1961לָךְlakhto <the> youמֵאֵתme'etfrom withH854הַגּוֹיִםhagoyimthe nationsH1471אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834סְבִיבֹתֵיכֶםsevivoteikhem[are] around youH5439מֵהֶםmehemfrom <the> themתִּקְנוּtiknuyou will buyH7069עֶבֶד'eveda [male] slaveH5650וְאָמָה׃ve'amahand a female slaveH519
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Exodus 12:44But every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.But any slave who has been purchased may eat of it, after you have circumcised him.
- Isaiah 14:1-21 For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. 2 And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.1 For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob. 2 The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD’s land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.
- Psalm 2:8-98 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. 9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.8 Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession. 9 You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”
- Revelation 2:26-2726 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: 27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.26 And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations. 27 He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery—just as I have received authority from My Father.
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