Bible Cross References
our flesh
Genesis 37:27
Let's sell him to these Ishmaelites. Then we won't have to hurt him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood." His brothers agreed,
Isaiah 58:7
Share your food with the hungry and open your homes to the homeless poor. Give clothes to those who have nothing to wear, and do not refuse to help your own relatives.
James 2:5
Listen, my dear friends! God chose the poor people of this world to be rich in faith and to possess the kingdom which he promised to those who love him.
James 2:6
But you dishonor the poor! Who are the ones who oppress you and drag you before the judges? The rich!
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Exodus 21:1-11
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"Give the Israelites the following laws:
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If you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve you for six years. In the seventh year he is to be set free without having to pay anything.
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If he was unmarried when he became your slave, he is not to take a wife with him when he leaves; but if he was married when he became your slave, he may take his wife with him.
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If his master gave him a wife and she bore him sons or daughters, the woman and her children belong to the master, and the man is to leave by himself.
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But if the slave declares that he loves his master, his wife, and his children and does not want to be set free,
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then his master shall take him to the place of worship. There he is to make him stand against the door or the doorpost and put a hole through his ear. Then he will be his slave for life.
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"If a man sells his daughter as a slave, she is not to be set free, as male slaves are.
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If she is sold to someone who intends to make her his wife, but he doesn't like her, then she is to be sold back to her father; her master cannot sell her to foreigners, because he has treated her unfairly.
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If a man buys a female slave to give to his son, he is to treat her like a daughter.
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If a man takes a second wife, he must continue to give his first wife the same amount of food and clothing and the same rights that she had before.
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If he does not fulfill these duties to her, he must set her free and not receive any payment.
Leviticus 25:39-43
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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.
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They shall stay with you as hired workers and serve you until the next Year of Restoration.
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At that time they and their children shall leave you and return to their family and to the property of their ancestors.
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The people of Israel are the LORD's slaves, and he brought them out of Egypt; they must not be sold into slavery.
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Do not treat them harshly, but obey your God.
2 Kings 4:1
The widow of a member of a group of prophets went to Elisha and said, "Sir, my husband has died! As you know, he was a God-fearing man, but now a man he owed money to has come to take away my two sons as slaves in payment for my husband's debt."
Matthew 18:25
The servant did not have enough to pay his debt, so the king ordered him to be sold as a slave, with his wife and his children and all that he had, in order to pay the debt.