but every slave that is bought for money may eat of it after you have circumcised him.
Leviticus 25:44 - Revised Standard Version As for your male and female slaves whom you may have: you may buy male and female slaves from among the nations that are round about 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 every slave that is bought for money may eat of it after you have circumcised him.
But if the slave survives a day or two, he is not to be punished; for the slave is his money.
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.