8:6a Let us buy the poor with silver

⌊We will⌋ use silver to buy poor ⌊people as our slaves⌋ .
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And the poor people we will buy ⌊as slaves⌋ .

8:6b and the needy for a pair of sandals,

Also, ⌊we (excl.) ⌋ would use ⌊the price of⌋ a pair of sandals to buy the needy ⌊people, as our slaves⌋ .
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and ⌊we (excl.) will⌋ buy the needy ⌊people to be our slaves⌋ with the ⌊small price⌋ of a pair of sandals.

8:6c selling even the chaff with the wheat!”

⌊We (excl.) will⌋ sell, even the chaff mixed with the wheat.”
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⌊We (excl.) can mix⌋ the wheat and the waste product and sell it ⌊like it’s all wheat⌋ .”

8:6a–c (Combined)

⌊We (excl.) will⌋ sell the wheat mixed with the chaff and use silver ⌊worth the price of⌋ a pair of sandals to buy the needy ⌊people, as our slaves⌋ .”
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⌊We (excl.) can mix⌋ the wheat and the waste product and sell it ⌊like it’s all wheat⌋ and buy the needy ⌊people to be our slaves⌋ with the ⌊small price⌋ of a pair of sandals.”

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