that thy brother [a Hebrew, or of the Hebrew blood, not a negro] may live with thee. Thou shalt not give him [that is, a Hebrew brother, one of the tribes] thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase. And if thy brother [not a Hamite], that dwelleth by thee, be waxen poor, and he be sold unto thee [on any account], thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond servant: but as a hired servant, and as a [Hebrew brother, one of the tribes] sojourner, he shall be with thee, and serve thee unto the year of jubilee; and then shall he depart from thee [that is, if he desire to do so], both he and his children [if he has any] with him, and shall return unto his own family [or tribe], and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return; for they are my servants, which I brought out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen. Thou shalt not rule over him [or such an one] with rigor [as you may over a bond slave], but shalt fear thy God [in this particular]."
From the above, it is clear that by the term brother, no other character is specified as being entitled to the above named privileges, as paupers, of whom no usury was to be taken for money or victuals, but a regular Hebrew, or one of the twelve tribes. This is made clear by the qualifying words of the account, which says, "for they are my servants, which I brought out of the land of Egypt." Now God brought no Canaanites or negroes out of Egypt, they were wholly of the twelve tribes of the Hebrews.
Thus we see that Moses marked out in the law the
