Leviticus 25:46

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

You may bequeath them to your sons after you, to inherit as a possession for ever; you may make slaves of them, but over your brethren the people of Israel you shall not rule, one over another, with harshness.

Cross References

Exodus 1:13

So they made the people of Israel serve with rigor,

Isaiah 14:2

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

Leviticus 25:43

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

Leviticus 25:45

You may also buy from among the strangers who sojourn with you and their families that are with you, who have been born in your land; and they may be your property.

Leviticus 25:47

“If a stranger or sojourner with you becomes rich, and your brother beside him becomes poor and sells himself to the stranger or sojourner with you, or to a member of the stranger's family,