Leviticus 25:38

Good News Translation

This is the command of the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt in order to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
I am the LORD your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Mitzrayim, to give you the land of Kana`an, [and] to be your God.

King James Version
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.

Lexham English Bible
I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan, to be as God for you.

New Century Version
I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give the land of Canaan to you and to become your God.

New English Translation
I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan—to be your God.

Amplified Bible
'I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.

New American Standard Bible
'I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.

Geneva Bible (1587)
I am the Lorde your God, which haue brought you out of the lande of Egypt, to giue you the lande of Canaan, and to be your God.

Legacy Standard Bible
I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.

Contemporary English Version
Remember—I am the Lord your God! I rescued you from Egypt and gave you the land of Canaan, so that I would be your God.

Complete Jewish Bible
I am Adonai your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt in order to give you the land of Kena‘an and be your God.

Darby Translation
I am Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, to be your God.

Easy-to-Read Version
I am the Lord your God. I brought you out of the land of Egypt to give the land of Canaan to you and to become your God.

English Standard Version
I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.

George Lamsa Translation
I am the LORD your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.

Christian Standard Bible®
I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.

Literal Translation
I am Jehovah who has brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give to you the land of Canaan, to become your God.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For I am the LORDE yor God, which haue brought you out of the lode of Egipte, to geue you the lande of Canaan, and to be youre God.

American Standard Version
I am Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.

Bible in Basic English
I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan, that I might be your God.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
I am the Lorde your God, which brought you out of the lande of Egypt, to geue you the lande of Chanaan, and to be your God.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
I am the LORD your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, to be your God.

King James Version (1611)
I am the Lord your God, which brought you foorth out of the land of Egypt, to giue you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Chanaan, so as to be your God.

English Revised Version
I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, to be your God.

Berean Standard Bible
I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y am youre Lord God, that ladde you out of the lond of Egipt, that Y schulde yyue to you the lond of Canaan, and that Y schulde be youre God.

Young's Literal Translation
I [am] Jehovah your God, who hath brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give to you the land of Canaan, to become your God.

Update Bible Version
I am Yahweh your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, [and] to be your God.

Webster's Bible Translation
I [am] the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, [and] to be your God.

World English Bible
I am Yahweh your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, [and] to be your God.

New King James Version
I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.

New Living Translation
I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.

New Life Bible
I am the Lord your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.

New Revised Standard
I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, to be your God.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I - Yahweh, am your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, - to give unto you the land of Canaan, to become your God,

Douay-Rheims Bible
I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that I might give you the land of Chanaan, and might be your God.

Revised Standard Version
I am the LORD your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.

Contextual Overview

²³ Your land must not be sold on a permanent basis, because you do not own it; it belongs to God, and you are like foreigners who are allowed to make use of it. ²⁴ When land is sold, the right of the original owner to buy it back must be recognized. ²⁵ If any of you Israelites become poor and are forced to sell your land, your closest relative is to buy it back. ²⁶ If you have no relative to buy it back, you may later become prosperous and have enough to buy it back yourself. ²⁷ In that case you must pay to the one who bought it a sum that will make up for the years remaining until the next Year of Restoration, when you would in any event recover your land. ²⁸ But if you do not have enough money to buy the land back, it remains under the control of the one who bought it until the next Year of Restoration. In that year it will be returned to its original owner. ²⁹ If you sell a house in a walled city, you have the right to buy it back during the first full year from the date of sale. ³⁰ But if you do not buy it back within the year, you lose the right of repurchase, and the house becomes the permanent property of the purchasers and their descendants; it will not be returned in the Year of Restoration. ³¹ But houses in unwalled villages are to be treated like fields; the original owner has the right to buy them back, and they are to be returned in the Year of Restoration. ³² However, Levites have the right to buy back at any time their property in the cities assigned to them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

which: Exodus 20:2

and to be: Leviticus 11:45, Leviticus 22:32, Leviticus 22:33, Numbers 15:41, Jeremiah 31:1, Jeremiah 31:33, Jeremiah 32:38, Hebrews 11:16

Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:13 - I am Leviticus 26:45 - whom I

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I [am] the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt,.... Where they had been strangers and sojourners, and therefore should be kind to such in necessitous circumstances, and relieve them, and especially their brethren; and where God had given them favour in the eyes of the Egyptians, and they had lent them jewels of gold and silver, and raiment, and therefore they should lend freely to persons in distress; and who had brought them out from thence, that they might take upon them his commandments, though they might be grievous, as Jarchi observes; and this, it may be remarked, is the preface to the ten commandments:

to give you the land of Canaan; freely, a land flowing with milk and honey; and therefore, since he had dealt so bountifully with them, and had given them plenty of good things, they need not grudge giving to their poor brethren, and others in necessitous circumstances:

[and] to be your God; their covenant God, to bless and prosper them, protect and defend them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Here, and in Leviticus 25:42, Leviticus 25:55, is expressed the principle which was to limit and modify the servitude of Hebrew servants.