Imamat 25:25

25:25 “‘If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his near redeemer is to come to you and redeem what his brother sold. ¹ 

Imamat 25:35

Debt and Slave Regulations

25:35 “‘If your brother ²  becomes impoverished and is indebted to you, ³  you must support ⁴  him; he must live ⁵  with you like a foreign resident. ⁶ 

Imamat 25:39

25:39 “‘If your brother becomes impoverished with regard to you so that he sells himself to you, you must not subject him to slave service. ⁷ 

Imamat 25:47

25:47 “‘If a resident foreigner who is with you prospers ⁸  and your brother becomes impoverished with regard to him so that ⁹  he sells himself to a resident foreigner who is with you or to a member ¹⁰  of a foreigner’s family,

[25:25]  ¹ tn Heb “the sale of his brother.”

[25:35]  ² tn It is not clear to whom this refers. It is probably broader than “sibling” (cf. NRSV “any of your kin”; NLT “any of your Israelite relatives”) but some English versions take it to mean “fellow Israelite” (so TEV; cf. NAB, NIV “countrymen”) and others are ambiguous (cf. CEV “any of your people”).

[25:35]  ³ tn Heb “and his hand slips with you.”

[25:35]  ⁴ tn Heb “strengthen”; NASB “sustain.”

[25:35]  ⁵ tn The form וָחַי (vakhay, “and shall live”) looks like the adjective “living,” but the MT form is simply the same verb written as a double ayin verb (see HALOT 309 s.v. חיה qal, and GKC 218 §76.i; cf. Lev 18:5).

[25:35]  ⁶ tn Heb “a foreigner and resident,” which is probably to be combined (see B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 170-71).

[25:39]  ⁷ tn Heb “you shall not serve against him service of a slave.” A distinction is being made here between the status of slave and indentured servant.

[25:47]  ⁸ tn Heb “And if the hand of a foreigner and resident with you reaches” (cf. v. 26 for this idiom).

[25:47]  ⁹ tn Heb “and.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) can be considered to have resultative force here.

[25:47]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “offshoot, descendant.”