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Leviticus 25:14

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25:14 If you make a sale 1  to your fellow citizen 2  or buy 3  from your fellow citizen, no one is to wrong his brother. 4 

Leviticus 25:17

Context
25:17 No one is to oppress his fellow citizen, 5  but you must fear your God, because I am the Lord your God.
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[25:14]  1 tn Heb “sell a sale.”

[25:14]  2 tn Or “to one of your countrymen” (NIV); NASB “to your friend.”

[25:14]  3 tn The Hebrew infinitive absolute קָנֹה (qanoh, “buying”) substitutes for the finite verb here in sequence with the previous finite verb “sell” at the beginning of the verse (see GKC 345 §113.z).

[25:14]  4 tn Heb “do not oppress a man his brother.” Here “brother” does not refer only to a sibling, but to a fellow Israelite.

[25:17]  5 tn Heb “And you shall not oppress a man his fellow citizen.”



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