John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 25:47
And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee ,.... An uncircumcised one, as the Targums, a proselyte of the gate, who by living among and trading with the Israelites, might grow rich and wealthy in money, at least so as to be able to purchase an Hebrew servant, though not his lands, which he might not buy: and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor ; comes into low circumstances, and is reduced to great poverty, even extreme poverty; for only in such a case might he sell himself... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 25:39-55
We have here the laws concerning servitude, designed to preserve the honour of the Jewish nation as a free people, and rescued by a divine power out of the house of bondage, into the glorious liberty of God's sons, his first-born. Now the law is, I. That a native Israelite should never be made a bondman for perpetuity. If he was sold for debt, or for a crime, by the house of judgment, he was to serve but six years, and to go out the seventh; this was appointed, Exod. 21:2. But if he sold... read more