Leviticus 25:43-48

New International Version

⁴³ Do not rule over them ruthlessly,^(A) but fear your God.^(B)

⁴⁴ “‘Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. ⁴⁵ You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property. ⁴⁶ You can bequeath them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly.

⁴⁷ “‘If a foreigner residing among you becomes rich and any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves^(C) to the foreigner or to a member of the foreigner’s clan, ⁴⁸ they retain the right of redemption^(D) after they have sold themselves. One of their relatives^(E) may redeem them: