brought forth. Note the four occurrences of this expression in these two Chapter s: Leviticus 26:13, brought out to be free men (in relation to the Egyptians); Leviticus 25:42 (in relation to fellow-Israelites); Leviticus 25:38, to be inheritors; and Leviticus 25:55, to be Jehovah '. servants.
as bondmen. Hebrew "with the sale of. bondman": i.e. as "bondmen [are sold]".