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Leviticus 25:44

World English Bible

“ ‘As for your male and your female slaves, whom you may have from the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves.

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Leviticus 25:44 in other translations

And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, whom thou shalt have; of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

Leviticus 25:44 · American Standard Version

Leviticus 25:44 in context

  1. 42For they are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. They shall not be sold as slaves.
  2. 43You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.
  3. 44“ ‘As for your male and your female slaves, whom you may have from the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves.
  4. 45Moreover, of the children of the aliens who live among you, of them you may buy, and of their families who are with you, which they have conceived in your land; and they will be your property.
  5. 46You may make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession. Of them you may take your slaves forever, but over your brothers the children of Israel you shall not rule, one over another, with harshness.