Holman Christian Standard Bible

Leviticus 25:43-48 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

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

44. Your male and female slaves are to be from the nations around you; you may purchase male and female slaves.

45. You may also purchase them from the foreigners staying with you, or from their families living among you — those born in your land. These may become your property.

46. You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But concerning your brothers, the Israelites, you must not rule over one another harshly.

47. “If a foreigner or temporary resident living among you prospers, but your brother living near him becomes destitute and sells himself to the foreigner living among you, or to a member of the foreigner’s clan,

48. he has the right of redemption after he has been sold. One of his brothers may redeem him.