Leviticus 25:39

If a countryman among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, then you must not force him into slave labor.

Cross References (12)

  • Exodus 21:2 (6)

    If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying

  • 1 Kings 9:22 (5)

    But Solomon did not consign any of the Israelites to slavery, because they were his men of war, his servants, his office

  • 2 Kings 4:1 (3)

    Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know th

  • Leviticus 25:46 (3)

    You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But as for your bro

  • Nehemiah 5:5 (3)

    We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to sla

  • Exodus 22:3 (2)

    But if it happens after sunrise, there is guilt for his bloodshed. A thief must make full restitution; if he has nothing

  • Jeremiah 25:14 (2)

    For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the

  • Jeremiah 27:7 (2)

    All nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great k

  • Deuteronomy 15:12–14 (2)

    If a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must set him

  • Jeremiah 34:14 (2)

    Every seventh year, each of you must free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself to you. He may serve you six years, bu

  • Jeremiah 30:8 (2)

    On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will break the yoke off their necks and tear off their bonds, and no longer w

  • Exodus 1:14 (2)

    and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service