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Leviticus 25:42-44
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42 Since the Israelites[a] are my servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt, they must not be sold in a slave sale.[b] 43 You must not rule over them harshly,[c] but you must fear your God.

44 “‘As for your male and female slaves[d] who may belong to you—you may buy male and female slaves from the nations all around you.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 25:42 tn Heb “they”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. Leviticus 25:42 tn Or perhaps reflexive Niphal rather than passive, “they shall not sell themselves [as in] a slave sale.”
  3. Leviticus 25:43 tn Heb “You shall not rule in him in violence”; cf. NASB “with severity”; NIV “ruthlessly.”
  4. Leviticus 25:44 tn Heb “And your male slave and your female slave.” Smr has these as plural terms, “slaves,” not singular.
  5. Leviticus 25:44 tn Heb “ from the nations which surround you, from them you shall buy male slave and female slave.”
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