Leviticus 25:39-46

³⁹If a countryman among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, then you must not force him into slave labor.

⁴⁰Let him stay with you as a hired worker or temporary resident; he is to work for you until the Year of Jubilee.

⁴¹Then he and his children are to be released, and he may return to his clan and to the property of his fathers.

⁴²Because the Israelites are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt, they are not to be sold as slaves.

⁴³You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God.

⁴⁴Your menservants and maidservants shall come from the nations around you, from whom you may purchase them.

⁴⁵You may also purchase them from the foreigners residing among you or their clans living among you who are born in your land. These may become your property.

⁴⁶You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But as for your brothers, the Israelites, no man may rule harshly over his brother.

— Leviticus 25:39-46

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Cross References for Leviticus 25:39-46

• Leviticus 25:46
• Exodus 21:2
• Leviticus 25:55
• Colossians 4:1
• 1 Kings 9:22
• Leviticus 25:28
• Leviticus 25:17
• Exodus 21:2-3
• Romans 6:22
• Exodus 1:13-14

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