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39 Yf thi brother that dwelleth by the waxe poore and sell him selfe vnto the thou shalt not let him laboure as a bondseruaunte doeth: 40 but as an hyred seruaunte and as a soiourner he shalbe with the and shall serue the vnto the trompetyere 41 and then shall he departe fro the: both he and his childern with him and shall returne vnto his awne kynred agayne and vnto the possessions of his fathers. 42 for they are my seruauntes which I brought out of the lande of Egipte and shall not be solde as bondmen. 43 Se therfore that thou reigne not ouer him cruelly but feare thi God. 44 Yf thou wilt haue bondseruauntes and maydens thou shalt bye them of the heythen that are rounde aboute you 45 and of the childern of the straungers that are soiorners amonge you ad of their generacios that are with you, which they begate in youre lade. 46 And ye shall possesse them and geue them vnto youre childern after you, to possesse them for euer: and they shalbe youre bond men: But ouer youre brethern the childern of Israel ye shall not reigne one ouer another cruelly. 47 When a straunger and a soiourner waxeth rych by the ad thi brother that dwelleth by him waxeth poore and sell him selfe vnto the straunger that dwelleth b y the or to any of the straungers kyn: 48 after that he is solde he maye be redemed agayne. one of his brethren maye bye him out: 49 whether it be his vncle or his vncles sonne or any that is nye of kynne vnto him of his kynred: ether yf his hande can get so moch he maye be loosed. 50 And he shall reken with him that boughte him from the yere that he was solde in vnto the trompet yere and the pryce of his byenge shalbe acordynge vnto the numbre of yeres and he shalbe with him as a hyred seruaunte. 51 Yf there be yet many yeres behynde acordynge vnto them he shall geue agayne for his delyueraunce of the money that he was solde for. 52 Yf there remayne but few yeres vnto the trompet yere he shall so counte with him and acordynge vnto his yeres geue him agayne for his redempcion 53 and shalbe with him yere by yere as an hyred seruaunte and the other shall not reygne cruelly ouer him in thi syghte. 54 Yf he be not bought fre in the meane tyme then he shall goo out in the trompet yere and his childern with him. 55 for the childern of Israel are my seruauntes which I broughte out of the lande of Egipte. I am the Lorde youre God. Leviticus 25:39-55, Tyndale Bible of 1526. Public domain.
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