As for your maleand femaleslaveswhomyou may have--you may acquiremaleand femaleslavesfrom the pagan nationsthat are aroundyou.
but everyman'sslavepurchasedwith money,after you have circumcisedhim, thenhe may eatof it.
"If,however,he survivesa dayortwo, novengeanceshall be taken;for he is his property.
You shall not ruleover him with severity,but are to revereyour God.
Then, too,[it is] out of the sonsof the sojournerswho liveas aliensamongyou that you may gainacquisition,and out of their familieswhoare with you, whomthey will have producedin your land;they also may becomeyour possession.
