"That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?"
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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:
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.
And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
Getting the poor for silver, and him who is in need for the price of two shoes, and taking a price for the waste parts of the grain.
that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; and that we may sell the refuse of the wheat.
That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; and even sell the refuse of the wheat?
That we may buy the poor for silver, And the needy for a pair of shoes, And sell the sweepings with the wheat?'"
To purchase with money the poor, And the needy for a pair of sandals, Yea, the refuse of the pure corn we sell.