Leviticus 25:43

Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour. — The master is forbidden to tyrannise over him as if he were a slave without any rights.

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⁴³ Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

Related Commentaries of Leviticus 25:43

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Leviticus 25:43