Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
Be sold
Compel him to serve as
General references
Bible References
Be sold
Exodus 21:2
When you buy a Hebrew slave he will be your slave for six years. In the seventh year he may leave as a free man without paying for his freedom.
Exodus 22:3
But if it happens after sunrise, he is guilty of murder. A thief must make up for what he has stolen. If he is unable to do so, he should be sold as a slave to pay for what he stole.
Deuteronomy 15:12
If you buy Israelites (your own brothers) as slaves, you must set them free after six years.
1 Kings 9:22
Solomon did not make slaves of Israelites. They served as his soldiers, officers, commanders, chariot captains, and cavalry.
2 Kings 4:1
The widow of a member of a group of prophets said to Elisha: My husband has died! As you know, he was a man who respected God. A man to whom he owed money came to take away my two sons as slaves in payment for my husband's debt.
Nehemiah 5:5
But our flesh is the same as the flesh of our countrymen, and our children as their children. Now we give our sons and daughters into the hands of others, to be their servants. Some of our daughters are servants even now. We have no power to stop this. For other men have our fields and our vine-gardens.
Jeremiah 34:14
Every seven years each of you must free any Hebrews who sold themselves to you. When they have served you for six years, you must set them free. But your ancestors refused to obey me or listen to me.
Compel him to serve as
Leviticus 25:46
You may leave them as an inheritance to your children, whom they must serve as long as they live. But you must not treat any Israelites harshly.
Jeremiah 25:14
Many nations and great kings will make slaves of the people of Babylon. I will pay them back for what they have done.'
Jeremiah 27:7
All nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until Babylon is defeated. Then many nations and great kings will make him their slave.
Jeremiah 30:8
On that day, declares Jehovah of Hosts, I will break the yokes off your necks and tear off your ropes. Foreigners will no longer make you serve them.
General references
Deuteronomy 15:12
If you buy Israelites (your own brothers) as slaves, you must set them free after six years.
Amos 8:6
We may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?