Levítico 25:44

44 »Sin embargo, podrás comprar esclavos y esclavas de entre las naciones vecinas.

Levítico 25:44 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 25:44

Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have,
&c.] Such it seems were allowed them, if they had need of them; but if they had them, they were to be not of the nation of Israel, but of other nations; this is an anticipation of an objection, as Jarchi observes; if so, who shall I have to minister to me? The answer follows, they [shall be] of the heathen that are round about thee, of them shall ye
buy bondmen and bondmaids;
that is, of the Ammonites, Moabites, Edomites, and Syrians, as Aben Ezra, that were their neighbours, that lived round about them, of any but the seven nations, which they were ordered utterly to destroy; wherefore Jarchi observes it is said, "that are round about thee"; not in the midst of the border of your land, for them they were not to save alive, ( Deuteronomy 20:16 ) .

Levítico 25:44 In-Context

42 Los israelitas son mis siervos, a quienes yo saqué de la tierra de Egipto, de modo que nunca deben ser vendidos como esclavos.

43 Muestra tu temor a Dios al no tratarlos con dureza.

44 »Sin embargo, podrás comprar esclavos y esclavas de entre las naciones vecinas.

45 También podrás comprar a los hijos de los residentes temporales que vivan entre ustedes, incluidos los que hayan nacido en tu tierra. Podrás considerarlos como tu propiedad,

46 y los dejarás como herencia permanente a tus hijos. Podrás tratarlos como esclavos, pero nunca deberás tratar a tus hermanos israelitas de esa manera.