Leviticus 25:44 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴⁴ As for the male and female slaves whom you may have, it is from the nations around you that you may acquire male and female slaves.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁴ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁴ As for your bondmen and your bondmaids whom you may have, they shall be from the nations round about you, of whom you may buy bondmen and bondmaids.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁴ 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.

Common English Bible

⁴⁴ Regarding male or female slaves that you are allowed to have: You can buy a male or a female slave from the nations that are around you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁴ Let your male and female servants be from the nations which are all around you,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴⁴ Let your bondmen, and your bondwomen, be of the nations that are round about you:

Leviticus 25:44 Cross References

Exodus 12:44

but any slave who has been purchased may eat of it after he has been circumcised;

Exodus 21:21

But if the slave survives a day or two, there is no punishment, for the slave is the owner’s property.

Leviticus 25:43

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

Leviticus 25:45

You may also acquire them from among the aliens residing with you and from their families who are with you who have been born in your land; they may be your property.