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Deuteronomy 15:12 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 15 · verse 12
And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.Deuteronomy 15:12 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 15:12 in context
10Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
11For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
12And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.
13And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
14Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- brotherʼâcha brother )H251 →
- seventhshᵉbîyʻîyseventhH7637 →
- womanʻIbrîyan Eberite or descendant of EberH5680 →
- serveʻâbadto workH5647 →
- yearsshâneha yearH8141 →
- soldmâkarto sell, literally , or figurativelyH4376 →
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Here is, I. A repetition of the law that had been given concerning Hebrew servants who had sold themselves for servants, or were sold by their parents through extreme poverty, or were sold by the court of judgment for some crime committed. The law was, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-18