Cross references

Leviticus 25:39

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

Leviticus 25:39 BSB

Leviticus 25:39 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Exodus 21:2 (6 votes) and 1 Kings 9:22 (5 votes). 17 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Exodus 1 to Colossians 4.

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Which verses does Leviticus 25:39 point to?

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  1. 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 anything.

  2. But Solomon did not consign any of the Israelites to slavery, because they were his men of war, his servants, his officers, his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and cavalry.

  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 brothers, the Israelites, no man may rule harshly over his brother.

  4. Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!”

  5. We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless to redeem them because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”

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

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

  8. 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 free. And when you release him, do not send him away empty-handed. …

  9. For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.’”

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

Which verses point to Leviticus 25:39?

The 10 strongest of 17.