King James Version
Leviticus 25:38 in the King James Version says “I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your...” — study this verse from Leviticus chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.”
Leviticus 25:38 · KJV
Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.
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: compel: Heb. serve thyself with him with the service, etc
But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I am the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“and to be your God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which brought you forth”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“and to be your God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
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