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Leviticus 25:44

42 For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.

43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

45 Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.

46 And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Your menservants and maidservants shall come from the nations around you, from whom you may purchase them.
KJV
Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
WEB
“‘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.
ASV
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.
DARBY
And as for thy bondman and thy handmaid whom thou shalt have of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and handmaids.
BLB
And your manservant and your maidservant whom you may have [are] from the nations that are around you⁺; from them you⁺ may buy [a] manservant and maidservant.
ÅB
Men vil du få deg en slave eller en slavekvinne, da skal dere kjøpe dem av de hedningefolk som bor omkring dere,
OTB
"'Dine mannlige og kvinnelige slaver skal komme fra nasjonene rundt deg; fra dem kan du skaffe deg slaver.
B1930
Men vil du få dig en træl eller en trælkvinne, da skal I kjøpe dem av de hedningefolk som bor omkring eder,

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Cross references

  • Exodus 12:44

    But every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.

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  • Isaiah 14:1–2

    For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

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  • Psalms 2:8–9

    Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

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  • Revelation 2:26–27

    And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:

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