Leviticus 25:47
Good News Translation
Suppose a foreigner living with you becomes rich, while some Israelites become poor and sell themselves as slaves to that foreigner or to a member of that foreigner's family.

New Revised Standard Version
If resident aliens among you prosper, and if any of your kin fall into difficulty with one of them and sell themselves to an alien, or to a branch of the alien’s family,

Contemporary English Version
Even if some of you Israelites become so much in debt that you must sell yourselves to foreigners in your country,

New American Bible
When your kindred, having been so reduced to poverty, sell themselves to a resident alien who has become wealthy or to descendants of a resident alien’s family,

Douay-Rheims Bible
If the hand of a stranger or a sojourner grow strong among you, and thy brother being impoverished sell himself to him, or to any of his race:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

If the hand of a stranger or a sojourner grow strong among you, and thy brother being impoverished sell himself to him, or to any of his race:

Leviticus 25:26 But if he have no kinsman, and he himself can find the price to redeem it:

1 Samuel 2:7,8 The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich, he humbleth and he exalteth: . . .

James 2:5 Hearken, my dearest brethren: Hath not God chosen the poor in this world, rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to them that love him?

Context
Redemption of Servants
47If the hand of a stranger or a sojourner grow strong among you, and thy brother being impoverished sell himself to him, or to any of his race:48After the sale he may be redeemed. He that will of his brethren shall redeem him:…
Cross References
Leviticus 25:46
And by right of inheritance shall leave them to your posterity, and shall possess them for ever. But oppress not your brethren the children of Israel by might.

Leviticus 25:48
After the sale he may be redeemed. He that will of his brethren shall redeem him:

Leviticus 25:46
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