Leviticus 25:46 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁴⁶ You may bequeath them to your sons after you, to inherit as a possession for ever; you may make slaves of them, but over your brethren the people of Israel you shall not rule, one over another, with harshness.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁶ And you shall make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession; of them shall you take your bondmen always, but over your brethren the Israelites you shall not rule one over another with harshness (severity, oppression).

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁴⁶ You can pass them on to your children as inheritance that they can own as permanent property. You can make these people work as slaves, but you must not rule harshly over your own people, the Israelites.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁶ and, by the right of inheritance, you shall transmit them to your posterity, and you shall possess them forever. But do not oppress your brothers, the sons of Israel, by power.

Leviticus 25:46 Cross References

Exodus 1:13

So they made the people of Israel serve with rigor,

Isaiah 14:2

And the peoples will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them in the Lord's land as male and female slaves; they will take captive those who were their captors, and rule over those who oppressed them.

Leviticus 25:43

You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.

Leviticus 25:45

You may also buy from among the strangers who sojourn with you and their families that are with you, who have been born in your land; and they may be your property.

Leviticus 25:47

“If a stranger or sojourner with you becomes rich, and your brother beside him becomes poor and sells himself to the stranger or sojourner with you, or to a member of the stranger's family,