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The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 25, Verse 44

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43
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
King James Version
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.
American Standard Version
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.
New English Translation
“‘As for your male and female slaves who may belong to you– you may buy male and female slaves from the nations all around you.
World English Bible
"'As for your male and your female slaves, whom you may have; of the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves.
45
Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that [are] with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
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And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit [them for] a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
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And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother [that dwelleth] by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger [or] sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:
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After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:
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Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or [any] that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself.
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And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him.
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If [there be] yet many years [behind], according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
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And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with him, [and] according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption.
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[And] as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: [and the other] shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.
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And if he be not redeemed in these [years], then he shall go out in the year of jubile, [both] he, and his children with him.