Leviticus 25:23
Redemption of Property
23“The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for athe land is mine. For you are strangers and sojourners with me.Leviticus 25:40
40he shall be with you as a hired worker and as a sojourner. He shall serve with you until the year of the jubilee.Deuteronomy 15:17
17then you shall take an awl, and put it through his ear into the door, and he shall be your slave ▼▼Or servant; the Hebrew term ‘ebed designates a range of social and economic roles (see Preface)
forever. And to your female slave ▼▼Or servant
you shall do the same. 1 Samuel 1:22
22But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, “As soon as the child is weaned, I will bring him, so that he may appear in the presence of the Lord dand dwell there forever.”1 Samuel 27:12
12And Achish trusted David, thinking, “He has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel; therefore he shall always be my servant.”1 Samuel 28:2
2David said to Achish, “Very well, you shall know what your servant can do.” And Achish said to David, “Very well, I will make you my bodyguard for life.”1 Kings 12:7
7And they said to him, “If you will be a servant to this people today and serve them, and speak good words to them when you answer them, then they will be your servants forever.”
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