1. Lévitique 25:47 (NEG79)
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What is the context of verse 47?

Lévitique 25:47 (NEG79)

47 Si un étranger, si celui qui demeure chez toi devient riche, et que ton frère devienne pauvre près de lui et se vende à l'étranger qui demeure chez toi ou à quelqu'un de la famille de l'étranger,

Leviticus 25:47 deals with the scenario where a Hebrew indentures himself to a non-Hebrew. A non-Hebrew has prospered in the land and has acquired great wealth. This man has bought a Hebrew slave for himself or a member of his clan. The Hebrew word member (‛ēqěr) occurs only here in the Old Testament. The term is derived from a verb that means to root up. It refers to the offshoot of the non-Hebrew.