Leviticus 25:46

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You may even pass these foreign slaves on to your children after you die so that they will belong to your children. They will be your slaves forever. You may make slaves of these foreigners. But you must not be a cruel master over your own brothers, the people of Israel.

Cross References

Exodus 1:13

So the Egyptians forced the people of Israel to work even harder.

Isaiah 14:2

Those nations will take the people of Israel back to Israel’s land. Those men and women from the other nations will become slaves to Israel. \{In the past,\} those people forced the people of Israel to become their slaves. But \{at this time,\} the people of Israel will defeat those nations and Israel will then rule over them.

Leviticus 25:43

You must not be a cruel master to this person. You must respect your God.

Leviticus 25:45

Also, you may get children as slaves if they come from the families of the foreigners living in your land. Those children slaves will belong to you.

Leviticus 25:47

“Maybe a foreigner or visitor among you will become rich. Maybe a person from your own country [436] will become poor, so that he sells himself as a slave to a foreigner living among you or to a member of a foreigner’s family.