The Law Concerning Slavery

³⁹ ‘And if one of your brethren who dwells by you becomes poor, and sells himself to you, you shall not compel him to serve as a slave.

⁴² For they are ^(A)My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as slaves.

^43 (A)You shall not rule over him ^(B)with ^[a]rigor, but you ^(C)shall fear your God.

⁴⁶ And ^(A)you may take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them as a possession; they shall be your permanent slaves. But regarding your brethren, the children of Israel, you shall not rule over one another with rigor.