Leviticus 25:44

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Your menservants and maidservants shall come from the nations around you, from whom you may purchase them.

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KJV

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.

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WEB

World English Bible

“‘As for your male and your female slaves, whom you may have from the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves.

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ASV

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.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Leviticus 25

⁴² Because the Israelites are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt, they are not to be sold as slaves.

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

⁴⁴ Your menservants and maidservants shall come from the nations around you, from whom you may purchase them.

⁴⁵ You may also purchase them from the foreigners residing among you or their clans living among you who are 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 as for your brothers, the Israelites, no man may rule harshly over his brother.

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