Leviticus 25:44 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Leviticus 25:44 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Property in foreign slaves is here distinctly permitted. It was a patriarchal custom Genesis 17:12 . Such slaves might be captives taken in war ( Numbers 31:6 following; Deuteronomy 20:14 ), or...
Leviticus 25:44 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

An extension of Exodus 21:2 *, Deuteronomy 15:12 *, from the master's point of view, substituting for slavery proper a mild kind of serfdom, but for the seventh year the fiftieth. To foreign slav...
Leviticus 25:44 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

44. Both thy bond-men, and thy bond-maids. What God here permits as regards strangers was everywhere customary among the Gentiles, viz., that their power over their slaves should exist not on...
Leviticus 25:44 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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.
Leviticus 25:44 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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: If thy brother ... be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee, х...
Leviticus 25:44 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Sabbatical Year. The Year of Jubilee The matters treated in this chapter are closely related to those in Leviticus 23 , and their separation is another indication that we are dealing with a b...
Leviticus 25:44 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen. — Rather, As for thy bondmen and bondmaids which thou must have of the heathen, &c. As the Law forbids the...
Leviticus 25:44 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE SABBATIC YEAR AND THE JUBILEE Leviticus 25:1-55 THE system of annually recurring sabbatic times, as given in chapter 23, culminated in the sabbatic seventh month. But this remarkable system...
Leviticus 25:44 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Freedom in the Year of Jubilee Leviticus 25:35-55 If a man, through misfortune, were forced to sell himself into serfdom to meet his debts, he could not be legally retained after the trumpet ha...
Leviticus 25:44 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The last section of the Book of Leviticus is occupied with setting forth laws concerning the outward signs in the land of the proof of possession, together with certain promises and warnings, all end...
Leviticus 25:44 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The doctrine of free grace, and of full redemption by JESUS, became so important to be shadowed forth, and kept in view through the whole of the law, that the HOLY GHOST was pleased to repeat the sam...
Leviticus 25:44 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have ,.... Such it seems were allowed them, if they had need of them; but if they had them, they were to be not of the nation of Israel, but of...
Leviticus 25:44 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 44. Both thy bondmen. ] Reprobates...
Leviticus 25:44 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE SEVENTH YEAR SABBATH (vv. 1-7) Here was a wonderful provision for Israel every seven years. When they came into their land, they were to plant their land for six years and reap its fruits. But...
Leviticus 25:44 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Oppression of Brethren Forbidden. B. C. 1490. 39 And if thy brother that dwelleth by t...
Leviticus 25:44 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Leviticus 25:44 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Regulations Regarding Foreign Bondservants ( Leviticus 25:44-46 ). Foreign bondservants were necessarily in a different position for they had no hope of a future restoration of land. It may be ask...
Leviticus 25:44 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

The Fear of Jubilee SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 25:1-7 .—Then shall the land keep a Sabbath unto the Lord. For a whole year the land ceased to be the property of the owner; he might not till t...
Leviticus 25:44 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 25:4 . The seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest. While the Hebrews continued faithful under the Theocracy of heaven, they were the happiest people in the world. A sabbatical year was...
Leviticus 25:44 - The Biblical Illustrator

A Sabbath of rest unto the land. The sabbatic year and jubilee 1. I do not suppose that these sabbatic regulations referred severally to separate and distinct things. The seventh day, the seven...
Leviticus 25:44 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The subject of the sacred seasons is taken up again in this chapter, after the parenthetical insertion of Leviticus 24:1-3 . There remain the septennial festive season and that of th...
Leviticus 25:44 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Consideration for the Poor and for Slaves.
Leviticus 25:44 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 12:44 ; Isaiah 14:1 ; Isaiah 14:2 ; Psalms 2:8 ; Psalms 2:9 ; Revelation 2:26 ; Revelation 2:27

Leviticus 25:44 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Leviticus 25:44 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 25:44 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 25:44 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Leviticus 25:44 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 25:44 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 25:44 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Leviticus 25:44 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Leviticus 25:44 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Leviticus 25:44 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 25:44 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Leviticus 25:44 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Leviticus 25:44 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Leviticus 25:44 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 25:44 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Leviticus 25:44 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Leviticus 25:44 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 25:44 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Leviticus 25:44 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 25:44 - The Biblical Illustrator

Leviticus 25:44 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Leviticus 25:44 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Leviticus 25:44 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge