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Concerning sacrifices.

p.p.Nu.18.32.

p.p.ch.10.17.

p.p.Nu.15.14.

LEVITICUS, 23

15 And they shall not profane and her young both in one day.
the holy things of the children 29 And when ye will offer a

Hebrew festivals.

[2 Chr.29.31.

of Is'ra-el, which they offer un- sacrifice of thanksgiving unto ch.7.12, Thank-offerings.
the LORD, offer it at your own
to the LORD;
16 Or suffer them to bear the will.
iniquity of trespass, when they 30 On the same day it shall be
eat their holy things: for I the eaten up; ye shall leave none
of it until the morrow: I am
LORD do sanctify them.

17 ¶And the LORD spake unto the LORD. Mō'şeş, saying,

[ments.

31 Therefore shall ye keep my Ex.20.6, Keep Command-
18 Speak unto Aâr'on, and to commandments, and do them:
his sons, and unto all the chil- I am the LORD.

dren of Is'ra-el, and say unto 32 Neither shall ye profane Ex.20.7, Profanity.
them, Whatsoever he be of the my holy name; but I will be v.2, God's Name.
house of Is'ra-el, or of the hallowed among the children of

strangers in Iş'ra-el, that will İş'ra-el: I am the LORD which

offer his oblation for all his hallow you,

Nu.15.3, Freewill-offerings. vows, and for all his freewill 33 That brought you out of De.8.2, Divine Leader.
offerings, which they will offer the land of Egypt, to be. your
unto the LORD for a burnt of- God: I am the LORD.

Ex.29.18, Burnt-offerings.

fering;

CHAPTER 23

19 Ye shall offer at your own of sundry feasts. 3 The sabbath. 4 B.C.1490.
will a male without blemish, of

the beeves, of the sheep, or of
the goats.

a

20 But whatsoever hath blemish, that shall ye not of

The passover. 26 The day of atone-
ment, etc.

ND the LORD spake unto

A Moses, saying,

Speak unto the children of

Ge.4.5, Unacceptable Offer- fer: for it shall not be accept- Iş'ra-el, and say unto them,

Concerning the feasts of the Ex.23.14, Hebrew Festivals, [ings. able for you. 21 And whosoever offereth a LORD, which ye shall proclaim sacrifice of peace offerings un- to be holy convocations, even to the LORD to accomplish his these are my feasts.

[Nu.15.3.

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vow, or a freewill offering in 3 Six days shall work be done: Ge.2.15, Work Enjoined,
Ex.20.8, Sabbath Observ-
beeves or sheep, it shall be per- but the seventh day is the sab-
fect to be accepted; there shall bath of rest, an holy convoca-
tion; ye shall do no work there- Ex.12.16, Convocation,
be no blemish therein.
Ex.23.12, Rest Enjoined,
22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, in: it is the sabbath of the
or having a wen, or scurvy, or LORD in all your dwellings.
scabbed, ye shall not offer these 4 TThese are the feasts of the
unto the LORD, nor make an of- LORD, even holy convocations,
fering by fire of them upon the which ye shall proclaim in their
altar unto the LORD.

seasons.

23 Either a bullock or a lamb 5 In the fourteenth day of the p.p.Ex.12.6.
that hath any thing superfluous first month at even is the
or lacking in his parts, that LORD'S passover.

Nu.15.3, Freewill-offerings. mayest thou offer for a free- 6 And on the fifteenth day of

Ge.19.3, Unleavened Bread.

will offering; but for a vow it the same month is the feast of Feast of Passover, Nu.9.5.
unleavened bread unto the
shall not be accepted.
24 Ye shall not offer unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat
LORD that which is bruised, or unleavened bread.
crushed, or broken, or cut; nei- 7 In the first day ye shall
ther shall ye make any offer- have an holy convocation: ye
ing thereof in your land.

shall do no servile work therein. Ex.23.12, Rest Enjoined. 25 Neither from a stranger's 8 But ye shall offer an offerhand shall ye offer the bread ing made by fire unto the LORD Ex.29.18, Burnt-offerings. of your God of any of these; seven days: in the seventh day because their corruption is in is an holy convocation: ye shall them, and blemishes be in do no servile work therein. Mō'şeş, saying, Ge.4.5, Unacceptable Offer- them: they shall not be ac- 9 ¶And the LORD spake unto [ings. cepted for you.

p.p.Mal.1.14.

Ex.29.11, Bullocks.

Ge.4.4, Sheep.

Ge.15.9, Goats.

Ge.2.3, Seven Days.

26 TAnd the LORD spake unto 10 Speak unto the children of
Iş'ra-el, and say unto them,
Mo'şeş, saying,

27 When a bullock, or a sheep, When ye be come into the land Ge.12.7, Promised Land.
or a goat, is brought forth, then which I give unto you, and

it shall be seven days under the shall reap the harvest thereof, ch.19.9, Reaping, ch.25.5. dam; and from the eighth day then ye shall bring a sheaf of

and thenceforth it shall be ac- the firstfruits of your harvest Ex.22.29, First-fruits. cepted for an offering made by unto the priest:

fire unto the LORD.

11 And he shall wave the sheaf Ex.29.24, Wave-offerings. 28 And whether it be cow before the LORD, to be accepted or ewe, ye shall not kill it for you: on the morrow after

The feast of Pentecost.

Ex.29.39, Lambs.
Ex.12.5. Unblemished.
Ex.29.18, Burnt-offerings.

ch.2.1, Meal-offerings.

Ex.29.2, Flour.

Ex.29.2, Oil (2).

LEVITICUS, 23

the sabbath the priest shall corners of thy field when thou
wave it.
reapest, neither shalt thou gath-

The day of atonement.

12 And ye shall offer that day er any gleaning of thy harvest: ch.19.10, Gleaning, Ru.2.2. when ye wave the sheaf an he thou shalt leave them unto the

lamb without blemish of the poor, and to the stranger: Iam Ex.23.11, Poor (4). first year for a burnt offering the LORD your God. Ex.22.21, Strangers (1). unto the LORD. 23 ¶And the LORD spake unto 13 And the meat offering Mō'şeş, saying, thereof shall be two tenth 24 Speak unto the children of deals of fine flour mingled with Is'ra-el, saying, In the seventh oil, an offering made by fire un-month, in the first day of the to the LORD for a sweet savour: month, shall ye have a sabbath, and the drink offering thereof a memorial of blowing of trump- Feast of Trumpets,Nu.29.1. [Nu.15.5. shall be of wine, the fourth part ets, an holy convocation. 25 Ye shall do no servile work Ex.23.12, Rest Enjoined. 14 And ye shall eat neither therein: but ye shall offer an bread, nor parched corn, nor offering made by fire unto the Ex.29.18, Burnt-offerings. green ears, until the selfsame LORD.

Ge.8.21, Sweet Savor.

Ge.35.14, Drink-offerings,

Ex.29.40, Hin.

p.p.Nu.15.20,21.

of an hin.

day that ye have brought an of- 26 ¶And the LORD spake unto
fering unto your God: it shall Mō'şeş, saying,

Perpetual Statutes, v.31.

be a statute for ever throughout 27 Also on the tenth day of
your generations in all your this seventh month there shall
dwellings.

[Nu.29.7.

be a day of atonement: it shall Ex.30.10, Atonement Day,
15 ¶And ye shall count unto be an holy convocation unto Ex.12.16, Convocation.
you from the morrow after the you; and ye shall afflict your 2 K.17.13, Repentance (1).
sabbath, from the day that ye souls, and offer an offering made
brought the sheaf of the wave by fire unto the LORD.

offering; seven sabbaths shall 28 And ye shall do no work in
be complete:
that same day: for it is a day

16 Even unto the morrow after of atonement, to make an atone- ch.4.20, Atonement.
the seventh sabbath shall ye ment for you before the LORD

Ex. 23.16, Feast of Pentecost, number fifty days; and ye shall your God.

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offer a new meat offering unto 29 For whatsoever soul it be
the LORD.
that shall not be afflicted in that

17 Ye shall bring out of your same day, he shall be cut off Ex.12.15, Excommunication,
habitations two wave loaves of from among his people.
[Nu.9.13.

two tenth deals: they shall be 30 And whatsoever soul it be
of fine flour; they shall be baken that doeth any work in that Ex.23.12, Rest Enjoined.
with leaven; they are the first- same day, the same soul will I
fruits unto the LORD.

[ch.24.3.

destroy from among his people. Ge.2.17, Sin's Penalty.
18 And ye shall offer with the 31 Ye shall do no manner of
bread seven lambs without work: it shall be a statute for v.14, Perpetual Statutes,
blemish of the first year, and ever throughout your genera-
one young bullock, and two tions in all your dwellings.
rams: they shall be for a burnt 32 It shall be unto you a sab-
offering unto the LORD, with bath of rest, and ye shall afflict 2 K.17.13, Repentance (1).
their meat offering, and their your souls: in the ninth day of
drink offerings, even an offering the month at even, from even
made by fire, of sweet savour unto even, shall ye celebrate
unto the LORD.
your sabbath.

19 Then ye shall sacrifice one 33 ¶And the LORD spake unto
kid of the goats for a sin offer- Mō'şeş, saying,

ing, and two lambs of the first 34 Speak unto the children of
year for a sacrifice of peace of- Is'ra-el, saying, The fifteenth
ferings.
day of this seventh month shall

20 And the priest shall wave be the feast of tabernacles for Feast of Tabernacles, v.39.
them with the bread of the first- seven days unto the LORD.

fruits for a wave offering before 35 On the first day shall be

the LORD, with the two lambs: an holy convocation: ye shall Ex.12.16, Convocation. they shall be holy to the LORD do no servile work therein. Ex.23.12, Rest Enjoined.

36 Seven days ye shall offer

for the priest.
21 And ye shall proclaim on an offering made by fire unto Ex.29.18, Burnt-offerings.
the selfsame day, that it may the LORD: on the eighth day
be an holy convocation unto shall be an holy convocation
you: ye shall do no servile work unto you; and ye shall offer an
therein: it shall be a statute offering made by fire unto the
for ever in all your dwellings LORD: it is a solemn assembly;
throughout your generations. and ye shall do no servile work
22 And when ye reap the therein.

harvest of your land, thou shalt 37 These are the feasts of the Ex.23.14, Hebrew Festivals.
not make clean riddance of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim

Feast of Tabernacles.

p.p.v.18.

Ex.29.18, Burnt-offerings. ch.2.1, Meal-offerings. Ge.35.14, Drink-offerings.

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to be holy convocations, to offer two rows, six on a row, upon
an offering made by fire unto the pure table before the LORD. Ex.25.23, Table (2).
the LORD, a burnt offering, and 7 And thou shalt put pure

[Nu.5.15.

a meat offering, a sacrifice, and frankincense upon each row, Ex.30.34, Frankincense,
drink offerings, every thing up- that it may be on the bread for
on his day:
a memorial, even an offering Ex.12.14, Memorials.
38 Beside the sabbaths of the made by fire unto the LORD.
LORD, and beside your gifts, and 8 Every sabbath he shall set it Ge.2.3, Sabbath (1).
beside all your vows, and beside in order before the LORD contin- p.p.Nu.4.7.

Nu.15.3, Freewill-offerings. all your freewill offerings, ually, being taken from the chil

which ye give unto the LORD. dren of Isra-el by an everlast- Ge.9.16, Everlasting Cove
39 Also in the fifteenth day of ing covenant.
[nant, Nu.18.19.

the seventh month, when ye 9 And it shall be Aâr'on's and Ex.29.32, Priests' Food,
have gathered in the fruit of his sons'; and they shall eat it
[Nu.18.31.

v.34, Feast of Tabernacles, the land, ye shall keep a feast in the holy place: for it is most Ex.26.33, Holy Place.
[Nu.29.12. unto the LORD seven days: on holy unto him of the offerings
the first day shall be a sabbath, of the LORD made by fire by a
Ex.20.8, Sabbath Observ- and on the eighth day shall be perpetual statute.
ch.23.14, Perpetual Statutes,
[ance. a sabbath.
10 ¶And the son of an Iş'ra-
[Nu.18.11.
40 And ye shall take you on el-it-ish woman, whose father See Marriage (3), Ge.24.3.
the first day the boughs of good- was an E-gyptian, went out
ly trees, branches of palm trees, among the children of Is'ra-el:
and the boughs of thick trees, and this son of the Iş'ra-el-it-ish
and willows of the brook; and woman and a man of Iş'ra-el
ye shall rejoice before the LORD strove together in the camp;
your God seven days.
11 And the İş'ra-el-it-ish wom-

Palm Branches, Ne.8.15.
Willows, Jb.40.22.
De.12.7, Rejoicing (1).
Ge.2.3, Seven Days.

v.14, Perpetual Statutes.

Ge.33.17, Booths, Ne.8.14.

Ex.6.7, Knowledge (5). p.p.Ps.78.5.

De.8.2, Divine Leader.

SeeStrifeForbidden, Pr.3.30.

41 And ye shall keep it a feast an's son blasphemed the name Blasphemy, 2 Chr.32.16.
unto the LORD seven days in the of the LORD, and cursed. And 1 S.17.43, Cursing (2).
year. It shall be a statute for they brought him unto Mō'şeş:
ever in your generations: ye (and his mother's name
shall celebrate it in the seventh Shěl'o-mith, the daughter of
month.
Dib'ri, of the tribe of Dăn:)

was

42 Ye shall dwell in booths 12 And they put him in ward,
seven days; all that are İş'ra-el- that the mind of the LORD Ge.25.22, Inquiring of God.
ites born shall dwell in booths: might be shewed them.

43 That your generations may 13 And the LORD spake unto
know that I made the children Mō'şeş, saying,

of Is'ra-el to dwell in booths, 14 Bring forth him that hath when I brought them out of the cursed without the camp; and Ex.29.14, Without the Camp. land of Egypt: I am the LORD let all that heard him lay their P.P.De.17.7. ch.4.13, Congregation, your God. hands upon his head, and let all [Nu.15.24. 44 And Mo'şeş declared unto the congregation stone him. Ex.19.13, Stoning (1), Ex.23.14, Hebrew Festivals. the children of Is'ra-el the feasts 15 And thou shalt speak unto [De.13.10. of the LORD. the children of Is'ra-el, saying, p.p.ch.5.1. Whosoever curseth his God shall Ec.10.20,Cursing Forbidden. bear his sin. Ex.20.7, Profanity.

B.C.1490.

Ex.27.20, Oil (1), Mt.25.3.

Ex.26.31, Vail (2).

Ex.26.33, Holy Place.
Ex.25.8, Tabernacle.

ch.23.14, Perpetual Statutes,

Ex.25.31, Candlestick.

CHAPTER 24

A Moses, saying,

[ch.10.2.

The oil for the lamps. 5 The shew-16 And he that blasphemeth v.11, Blasphemy.
bread. 10 Shelomith's son blasphe-
meth. 17 Of murder. 23 The blas- the name of the LORD, he shall
phemer stoned.
surely be put to death, and all See Death Penalty (2),
ND the LORD spake unto the congregation shall certainly
stone him: as well the stran- Ex.12.43, Strangers (2),
2 Command the children of ger, as he that is born in the
[Nu.1.51.
Is'ra-el, that they bring unto land, when he blasphemeth the
thee pure oil olive beaten for name of the LORD, shall be put
the light, to cause the lamps to to death.
burn continually.

17 And he that killeth any Ge.9.6, Murder (3), Nu.35.16.
3 Without the vail of the tes- man shall surely be put to death.
timony, in the tabernacle of the 18 And he that killeth a beast
congregation, shall Aâr'on order shall make it good; beast for Ex.22.3, Restitution (1).
it from the evening unto the beast.

morning before the LORD con- 19 And if a man cause a blemtinually: it shall be a statute ish in his neighbour; as he hath [v.9. for ever in your generations. done, so shall it be done to him;

[Mt.5.38.

4 He shall order the lamps 20 Breach for breach, eye for p.p.Ex.21.23,24; De.19.21; upon the pure candlestick be-eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath fore the LORD continually. caused a blemish in a man, so 5 TAnd thou shalt take fine shall it be done to him again. flour, and bake twelve cakes 21 And he that killeth a beast, Ex.25.30, Shewbread,Nu.4.7. thereof: two tenth deals shall he shall restore it: and he that be in one cake. killeth a man, he shall be put to 6 And thou shalt set them in death.

Ex.29.2, Flour.

Ge.9.6, Death Penalty (1).

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The year of jubilee.
Ex.12.49, Law Impartial,

v.11, Blasphemy.

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22 Ye shall have one manner sow, neither reap that which [Nu.9.14. of law, as well for the stranger, groweth of itself in it, nor gathas for one of your own country: er the grapes in it of thy vine for I am the LORD your God. undressed.

Ex.29.14, Without the Camp.

Nu.14.10, Stoning (2).
Ge.6.22, Obedience (2).

B.C.1491.

Ex.16.1, Mt. Sinai.

Ge.12.7, Promised Land. p.p.Ex.23.10.

23 ¶And Mō'şeş spake to the 12 For it is the jubile; it shall
children of Isra-el, that they be holy unto you: ye shall eat
should bring forth him that had the increase thereof out of the
cursed out of the camp, and stone field.

him with stones. And the chil- 13 In the year of this jubile ye p.p.ch.27.24; Nu.36.4.
dren of Is'ra-el did as the LORD shall return every man unto his
commanded Mō'şeş.

CHAPTER 25

possession.

14 And if thou sell ought unto

Ex.23.9, Oppression (1).

thy neighbour, or buyest ought ch.19.18, Duty to Neighbors. Sabbath of the seventh year. 8 Theof thy neighbour's hand, ye shall De.16.20, Justice Enjoined. jubilee. 14 Of oppression. 18 A blessing of obedience. 47 Of re- not oppress one another: deeming servants. 15 According to the number of A the LORD spake unto years after the jubile thou shalt Mō'şeş in mount Si'nãi, say- buy of thy neighbour, and acing, cording unto the number of 2 Speak unto the children of years of the fruits he shall sell Iş'ra-el, and say unto them, When unto thee:

ye come into the land which I 16 According to the multitude give you, then shall the land of years thou shalt increase the keep a sabbath unto the LORD. price thereof, and according to Ge.2.15, Agriculture, 3 Six years thou shalt sow thy the fewness of years thou shalt [1 K.19.19. field, and six years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for acPruning, Jn.15.2. prune thy vineyard, and gather cording to the number of the Ex.22.5, Vineyards, De.20.6. in the fruit thereof; years of the fruits doth he sell 4 But in the seventh year shall unto thee. be a sabbath of rest unto the 17 Ye shall not therefore op- Ex.23.9, Oppression (1). [De.15.1. land, a sabbath for the LORD: press one another; but thou shalt thou shalt neither sow thy field, fear thy God: for I am the LORD De.10.12, Fear God. nor prune thy vineyard. your God.

Ex.23.11, Sabbatic Year,

p.p.2 K.19.29.

ch.19.9, Reaping. ch.19.10, Grapes.

p.p.v.20,21.

Ge.12.10, Sojourners.

Ge.26.12, Increase.

Trumpets (2), Nu.10.10.

5 That which groweth of its 18 TWherefore ye shall do my Ex.20.6, Prom. to Obedient.
own accord of thy harvest thou statutes, and keep my judg- Ex.15.26, Statutes.
shalt not reap, neither gather ments, and do them; and ye De.26.16, Obedience (1).
the grapes of thy vine un- shall dwell in the land in safety. Jb.11.18, Security.
dressed: for it is a year of rest 19 And the land shall yield her Ex.3.8, Fruitful Land.
unto the land.
fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, ch.26.5, Plenty Promised.

6 And the sabbath of the land and dwell therein in safety.
shall be meat for you; for thee, 20 And if ye shall say, What
and for thy servant, and for thy shall we eat the seventh year? p.p.Mt.6.25.
maid, and for thy hired servant, behold, we shall not sow, nor
and for thy stranger that so- gather in our increase:
journeth with thee,

21 Then I will command my Ge.24.35, Temporal Bless-
7 And for thy cattle, and for blessing upon you in the sixth
[ings.
the beast that are in thy land, year, and it shall bring forth De.2.7, Divine Supplies.
shall all the increase thereof be fruit for three years.

meat.

De.23.5, God's Blessing.

22 And ye shall sow the eighth Ge.2.15, Agriculture.
8 ¶ And thou shalt number year, and eat yet of old fruit p.p.ch.26.10.
seven sabbaths of years unto until the ninth year; until her
thee, seven times seven years; fruits come in ye shall eat of
and the space of the seven sab- the old store.

baths of years shall be unto thee 23 ¶The land shall not be sold
forty and nine years.

for ever: for the land is mine; Ex.19.5, Divine Owner9 Then shalt thou cause the for ye are strangers and sojour[ship (1), 1 Chr.29.14. trumpet of the jubile to sound ners with me. Ge.12.10, Sojourners. on the tenth day of the seventh 24 And in all the land of your Ex.30.10, Atonement Day. month, in the day of atonement possession ye shall grant a reshall ye make the trumpet sound demption for the land. throughout all your land. 25 If thy brother be waxen

Liberty (1), Is.9.4.

Emancipation, 2 Chr.36.23.
Year of Jubilee, v.28.

Nu.36.2, Inheritance.

10 And ye shall hallow the fif- poor, and hath sold away some Ex.23.11, Poor (4), De.15.7.
tieth year, and proclaim liberty of his possession, and if any of p.p.Ru.4.6.
throughout all the land unto all his kin come to redeem it, then
the inhabitants thereof: it shall shall he redeem that which his
be a jubile unto you; and ye brother sold.

shall return every man unto his 26 And if the man have none
possession, and ye shall return to redeem it, and himself be able
every man unto his family. to redeem it;

11 A jubile shall that fiftieth 27 Then let him count the
year be unto you: ye shall not years of the sale thereof, and

Laws concerning

v.10, Year of Jubilee,

Ge.11.4, Cities.

p.p.Jos.21.2. Ex.32.26, Levites.

LEVITICUS, 25

the year of jubilee.

v.10, Year of Jubilee.

restore the overplus unto the with thee, and shall serve thee
man to whom he sold it; that unto the year of jubile:
he may return unto his posses- 41 And then shall he depart p.p.De.15.12.
from thee, both he and his chil-
sion.
28 But if he be not able to re- dren with him, and shall return v.10, Emancipation.
store it to him, then that which unto his own family, and unto

is sold shall remain in the hand the possession of his fathers Nu.36.2, Inheritance.
of him that hath bought it un-shall he return.

til the year of jubile: and in 42 For they are my servants, 1 K.18.36, God's Servants.
[ch.27.17. the jubile it shall go out, and he which I brought forth out of the Ex.14.30, Deliverance (1).
Ge.21.10, Bondservants,
[1 K.9.21
shall return unto his possession. land of Egypt: they shall not
29 And if a man sell a dwell- be sold as bondmen.
ing house in a walled city, then 43 Thou shalt not rule over Ex.23.9, Oppression (1).
he may redeem it within a whole him with rigour; but shalt fear De.10.12, Fear God.
year after it is sold; within a thy God.
full year may he redeem it.

v.10, Year of Jubilee.

See Priests' Inheritance, p.p.Nu.35.2-5.

Alms, De.15.7.

[Nu.18.20.

44 Both thy bondmen, and thy 30 And if it be not redeemed bondmaids, which thou shalt within the space of a full year, have, shall be of the heathen then the house that is in the that are round about you; of

walled city shall be established them shall ye buy bondmen and Ge.37.28, Traffic in Men.
for ever to him that bought it bondmaids.

throughout his generations: it 45 Moreover of the children of
the strangers that do sojourn
shall not go out in the jubile.

31 But the houses of the vil- among you, of them shall ye
lages which have no wall round buy, and of their families that
about them shall be counted as are with you, which they begat
the fields of the country: they in your land: and they shall be
may be redeemed, and they shall your possession.
46 And ye shall take them as
go out in the jubile.
32 Notwithstanding the cities an inheritance for your children
of the Le'vites, and the houses after you, to inherit them for a
of the cities of their possession, possession; they shall be your
may the Levites redeem at any bondmen for ever: but over
your brethren the children of
time.

33 And if a man purchase of Is'ra-el, ye shall not rule one Ex.23.9, Oppression (1).
the Levites, then the house that over another with rigour.

was sold, and the city of his 47 ¶ And if a sojourner or
possession, shall go out in the stranger wax rich by thee, and
year of jubile: for the houses thy brother that dwelleth by

of the cities of the Le'vites are him wax poor, and sell himself Ex.23.11, Poor (4).
their possession among the chil- unto the stranger or sojourner
by thee, or to the stock of the
dren of Is'ra-el.

34 But the field of the suburbs stranger's family:
of their cities may not be sold; 48 After that he is sold he may
for it is their perpetual posses- be redeemed again; one of his
brethren may redeem him:
sion.

De.10.19, Brotherly Love (2). 35 ¶T And if thy brother be 49 Either his uncle, or his un-
waxen poor, and fallen in decay cle's son, may redeem him, or
Ex.23.11, Poor (4).
with thee; then thou shalt re- any that is nigh of kin unto
lieve him: yea, though he be a him of his family may redeem
stranger, or a sojourner; that him; or if he be able, he may
redeem himself.
he may live with thee.

De.15.14, Benevolence (1).
Ex.22.21, Strangers (1),

[Nu.35.15.

Ex.22.25, Usury, Ne.5.7.
De.10.12, Fear God.

De.8.2, Divine Leader.

Ge.12.7, Promised Land.
See God's People, Ex. 19.5.
p.p.Ex.21.2.

Ps.82.3, Poor (3).

Ge.21.10, Bondservants.
p.p.1 K.9.22.

Ge.12.10, Sojourners,

Nu.15.15.

p.p.v.26,27.

36 Take thou no usury of him, 50 And he shall reckon with
or increase: but fear thy God; him that bought him from the
that thy brother may live with year that he was sold to him un-
to the year of jubile: and the v.10, Year of Jubilee.
thee.
37 Thou shalt not give him price of his sale shall be accord-
thy money upon usury, nor lending unto the number of years,
according to the time of an hired
him thy victuals for increase.
38 I am the LORD your God, servant shall it be with him.
which brought you forth out of 51 If there be yet many years
the land of Egypt, to give you behind, according unto them he
the land of Ca'nǎan, and to be shall give again the price of his p.p.v.16.
redemption out of the money
your God.
39 And if thy brother that that he was bought for.
dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, 52 And if there remain but
and be sold unto thee; thou few years unto the year of ju-
shalt not compel him to serve bile, then he shall count with
him, and according unto his
as a bondservant:
40 But as an hired servant, years shall he give him again
and as a sojourner, he shall be the price of his redemption.

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