Lìwèijì 25:45

45 Bìngqiĕ nà jìjū zaì nǐmen zhōngjiān de waìrén hé tāmende jia shǔ , zaì nǐmen dì shàng suǒ shēng de , nǐmen yĕ kĕyǐ cóng qízhōng mǎi rén , tāmen yào zuò nǐmen de chǎnyè .

Lìwèijì 25:45 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 25:45

Moreover, of the children of the strangers, that do sojourn
among you
The uncircumcised sojourners as they are called in the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, proselytes of the gate, such of the nations round about who came and sojourned among them, being subject to the precepts given to the sons of Noah respecting idolatry but were not circumcised, and did not embrace the Jewish religion: of them shall ye buy;
for bondmen and bondmaids: and of their families that [are] with you, which they begat in your
land;
but, as the Targum of Jonathan adds, are not of the Canaanites; though the Jewish writers ^F24 say, that one of the nations that lies with a Canaanitish woman, and begets a son of her, he may be bought for a servant; and so if a Canaanitish man lies with one of the nations, and begets a son of her, he may also be bought for a servant: and they shall be your possession;
as servants, as bondmen and bondmaids, and be so for ever to them and their heirs, as follows.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 Torat Cohanim apud Yalkut, par. 1. fol. 195. 1.

Lìwèijì 25:45 In-Context

43 Bùkĕ yán yán dì xiá guǎn tā , zhǐyào jìngwèi nǐde shén .

44 Zhìyú nǐde núpú , bìnǚ , kĕyǐ cóng nǐ sìwéi de guó zhōng mǎi .

45 Bìngqiĕ nà jìjū zaì nǐmen zhōngjiān de waìrén hé tāmende jia shǔ , zaì nǐmen dì shàng suǒ shēng de , nǐmen yĕ kĕyǐ cóng qízhōng mǎi rén , tāmen yào zuò nǐmen de chǎnyè .

46 Nǐmen yào jiàng tāmen yí liú gĕi nǐmen de zǐsūn wéi chǎnyè , yào yǒngyuǎn cóng tāmen zhōngjiān jiǎn chū núpú , zhǐshì nǐmen de dìxiōng Yǐsèliè rén , nǐmen bùkĕ yán yán dì xiá guǎn .

47 Zhù zaì nǐ nàli de waìrén , huò shì jìjū de , ruò jiànjiàn fùzú , nǐde dìxiōng què jiànjiàn qióngfá , jiàng zìjǐ maì gĕi nà waìrén , huò shì jìjū de , huò shì waìrén de zōngzú ,