Nehemiah 5:8
and said, "We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!" But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.
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Leviticus 25:48
he retains the right of redemption after he has sold himself. One of his brothers may redeem him:

Nehemiah 5:9
So I continued, "What you are doing is not right. Shouldn't you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?

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We after

Matthew 25:15, 29
To one he gave five talents, to another two talents, and to another one talent--each according to his own ability. And he promptly went on his journey. . . .

2 Corinthians 8:12
For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.

Galatians 6:10
Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.

redeemed

Leviticus 25:47-49
If a foreigner or temporary resident living among you prospers, but your brother dwelling near him becomes poor and sells himself to the foreigner or to a member of his clan, . . .

sell your

Exodus 21:16
Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.

Deuteronomy 24:7
If a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. You must purge the evil from among you.

shall they

Romans 14:15
If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.

1 Corinthians 8:11
So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.

held

Job 29:10
The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.

Job 32:15
Job's friends are dismayed and have no more to say; words have escaped them.

Matthew 22:12
Friend, ' he asked, 'how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' But the man was speechless.

Romans 3:19
Now we know that whatever the Law says, it says to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

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