Bible Cross References
But of the
Exodus 19:5
Now, if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own people. The whole earth is mine, but you will be my chosen people,
Exodus 19:6
a people dedicated to me alone, and you will serve me as priests."
Leviticus 25:39-46
39
If any Israelites living near you become so poor that they sell themselves to you as a slave, you shall not make them do the work of a slave.
40
They shall stay with you as hired workers and serve you until the next Year of Restoration.
41
At that time they and their children shall leave you and return to their family and to the property of their ancestors.
42
The people of Israel are the LORD's slaves, and he brought them out of Egypt; they must not be sold into slavery.
43
Do not treat them harshly, but obey your God.
44
If you need slaves, you may buy them from the nations around you.
45
You may also buy the children of the foreigners who are living among you. Such children born in your land may become your property,
46
and you may leave them as an inheritance to your children, whom they must serve as long as they live. But you must not treat any Israelites harshly.
Galatians 4:26
But the heavenly Jerusalem is free, and she is our mother.
Galatians 4:31
So then, my friends, we are not the children of a slave woman but of a free woman.
they were men
1 Samuel 8:11
"This is how your king will treat you," Samuel explained. "He will make soldiers of your sons; some of them will serve in his war chariots, others in his cavalry, and others will run before his chariots.
1 Samuel 8:12
He will make some of them officers in charge of a thousand men, and others in charge of fifty men. Your sons will have to plow his fields, harvest his crops, and make his weapons and the equipment for his chariots.