Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
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And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant: …
End of linked passage: Leviticus 25:42And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. …
End of linked passage: Nehemiah 5:5And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.
And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
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