But if a person buys a slave, and if he circumcises [77] him, then the slave can eat the Passover.
Leviticus 25:44 - Easy To Read Version “About your men and women slaves: You may get men and women slaves from the other nations around you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As for your bondmen and your bondmaids whom you may have, they shall be from the nations round about you, of whom you may buy bondmen and bondmaids. American Standard Version (1901) And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, whom thou shalt have; of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. Common English Bible Regarding male or female slaves that you are allowed to have: You can buy a male or a female slave from the nations that are around you. Catholic Public Domain Version Let your male and female servants be from the nations which are all around you, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Let your bondmen, and your bondwomen, be of the nations that are round about you: |
But if a person buys a slave, and if he circumcises [77] him, then the slave can eat the Passover.
But if the slave does not die and after a few days the slave becomes well, then that person will not be punished. [136] Why? Because the master paid his money for the slave, and the slave belongs to him.
You must not be a cruel master to this person. You must respect your God.
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.