Leviticus 25:25
25“If your brother becomes poor and sells part of his property, athen his nearest redeemer shall come and redeem what his brother has sold.Leviticus 25:35
Kindness for Poor Brothers
35“If your brother becomes poor and cannot maintain himself with you, byou shall support him as though he were a stranger and a sojourner, and he shall live with you.Nehemiah 5:5
5Now cour flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children are as their children. Yet dwe are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have already been enslaved, but it is not in our power to help it, for other men have our fields and our vineyards.”Nehemiah 5:8
8and said to them, “We, as far as we are able, ehave bought back our Jewish brothers who have been sold to the nations, but you even sell your brothers that they may be sold to us!” They were silent and could not find a word to say.Galatians 4:4-5
4But fwhen the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, gborn hof woman, born iunder the law, 5 jto redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive kadoption as sons.Hebrews 2:11-13
11For lhe who sanctifies and mthose who are sanctified nall have one source. ▼▼Greek all are of one
That is why he is not ashamed to call them pbrothers, ▼▼Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God’s family, the church; also verse 12
12saying, r“I will tell of your name to my brothers;
in the midst of the scongregation I will sing your praise.”
13And again,
t“I will put my trust in him.”
And again,
u“Behold, I and the children vGod has given me.”
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