Leviticus 25:46

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

You may keep them as a possession for your children after you, for them to inherit as property. These you may treat as slaves, but as for your fellow Israelites, no one shall rule over the other with harshness.

Cross References

Exodus 1:13

The Egyptians subjected the Israelites to hard servitude

Isaiah 14:2

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

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.

Leviticus 25:47

“If resident aliens among you prosper, and if any of your kin fall into difficulty with one of them and sell themselves to an alien or to a branch of the alien’s family,