Amos 8:6
So that we may buy the poor [as slaves] for silver [since they are unable to support themselves]
And the
And that we may sell the leftovers of the wheat [as if it were a good grade of grain]?”
Amos 2:6
Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of Israel and for four (multiplied delinquencies)
I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it,
Because they sell the righteous and innocent for silver
And the needy for the price of a pair of sandals.
Leviticus 25:39-42
‘And if your fellow countryman becomes so poor [in his dealings] with you that he sells himself to you [as payment for a debt], you shall not let him do the work of a slave [who is ineligible for redemption],
Nehemiah 5:1-5
Now there was a great outcry of the [poorer] people and their wives against their Jewish brothers [to whom they were deeply in debt].
Nehemiah 5:8
I said to them, “According to our ability we have redeemed (purchased back) our Jewish brothers who were sold to the [Gentile] nations; now would you even sell your brothers, that they might be sold to us?” Then they were silent and could not find a [single] word to say.
Joel 3:3
“They have also cast lots for My people,
And have traded a boy for a prostitute
And have sold a girl for wine that they may drink.
Joel 3:6
and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the Greeks, so that you may send them far away from their territory,
Amos 8:4
Hear this, you who trample down the needy, and do away with the poor of the land,
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