Leviticus 25:46

Modern English Version

You may take them as an inheritance for your children after you, for their possession. They shall be your slaves forever. But over your brothers, the Israelites, you shall not rule over one another with rigor.

Cross References

Exodus 1:13

The Egyptians made the Israelites to serve with rigor,

Isaiah 14:2

The people shall take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids; and they shall take them captive, whose captives they were, and they shall rule over their oppressors.

Leviticus 25:43

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

Leviticus 25:45

Moreover of the foreigners who sojourn among you and of their families who are with you, who were born in your land, you may also buy from them, and they may be your possession.

Leviticus 25:47

If a sojourner or foreigner becomes rich by you, and your brother who dwells beside him becomes poor and sells himself to the foreigner or sojourner with you, or to a member of the stranger’s family,