Leviticus 25:38-40

Contemporary English Version

³⁸ Remember—I am the Lord your God! I rescued you from Egypt and gave you the land of Canaan, so that I would be your God.

^39 (A) Suppose some of your people become so poor that they have to sell themselves and become your slaves. ⁴⁰ Then you must treat them as servants, rather than as slaves. And in the Year of Celebration they are to be set free,