The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 25:35-55
Justice and mercy. The equity of the Mosaic laws has striking illustrations in the words now under review. We see it— I. IN THE KINDNESS ENJOINED TOWARDS THE POOR . 1 . Their necessities are to be relieved. 2 . The reasons for mercy are edifying. II. IN THE KINDNESS ENJOINED TOWARDS THE SLAVE . 1 . The Hebrew must show it. 2 . The stranger must show it. III. IN THE DETERMINATION OF THE RANSOM PRICE . In this... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 25:35-55
Bible. I. IN THE OLD TESTAMENT . It is accepted as a fact, not denounced or approved, but recognized and gradually ameliorated. 1 . Hebrew slaves are not to be treated with rigour ( Leviticus 25:43 , Leviticus 25:53 ), but as hired servants. How different from the state of slaves in the workshops of Greece and Rome! 2 . In the ease of Hebrew slaves, the duration of slavery was not to be perpetual. At the end of six years every slave was to be restored to liberty, and at... read more