Catholic Public Domain Version

Leviticus 25:39-44 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

39. If your brother, having been compelled by poverty, will have sold himself to you, you shall not oppress him with the servitude of indentured servants.

40. But he shall be like a hired hand or a settler; he shall work with you, until the year of the Jubilee.

41. And after that, he shall depart with his children, and he shall return to his kindred, to the possession of his fathers.

42. For these are my servants, and I led them away from the land of Egypt; let them not be sold into the condition of servitude.

43. Do not afflict him by power, but be fearful of your God.

44. Let your male and female servants be from the nations which are all around you,