OLD TESTAMENT

Ecclesiastes 2:7

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I bought male servants and female servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem.

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Verse 7. Family of slaves, “born in my house,” (Prot.) distinct from those whom I got for money. Bible.—There were generally procured from foreign nations, as the Hebrews obtained their liberty on the sabbatic year.—Sheep. David had the like; but Solomon had also horses. 3 Kennicott. 10:21.

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