“Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.”
You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property. The temporary residents who become property through purchase are subject to the property regulations that apply to foreign slaves. The covenant community's ownership of foreign slaves is acknowledged as legitimate within the Levitical system without the anti-slavery principle that protects Israelite covenant members.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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