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Leviticus 25:44

Verse 44 of 55. The 25th of 27 chapters in Leviticus, in The Law.

40As a hired servant, and as a temporary resident, he shall be with you; he shall serve with you until the Year of Jubilee.

41Then he shall go out from you, he and his children with him, and shall return to his own family, and to the possession of his fathers.

42For they are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. They shall not be sold as slaves.

43You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.

44“‘As for your male and your female slaves, whom you may have from the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves.

45Moreover, of the children of the aliens who live among you, of them you may buy, and of their families who are with you, which they have conceived in your land; and they will be your property.

46You may make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession. Of them you may take your slaves forever, but over your brothers the children of Israel you shall not rule, one over another, with harshness.

47“‘If an alien or temporary resident with you becomes rich, and your brother beside him has grown poor, and sells himself to the stranger or foreigner living among you, or to a member of the stranger’s family,

48after he is sold he may be redeemed. One of his brothers may redeem him;

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.