41 Then he and his children are to be released from you, and he may return to his clan and his ancestral property.(A) 42 They are not to be sold as slaves,[a] because they are my servants[b] that I brought out of the land of Egypt. 43 You are not to rule over them harshly(B) but fear your God.

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  1. 25:42 Lit sold with a sale of a slave
  2. 25:42 Or slaves

41 Then they and their children are to be released, and they will go back to their own clans and to the property(A) of their ancestors.(B) 42 Because the Israelites are my servants, whom I brought out of Egypt,(C) they must not be sold as slaves. 43 Do not rule over them ruthlessly,(D) but fear your God.(E)

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41 And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.

42 For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.

43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

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41 And then he shall depart from you—he and his children (A)with him—and shall return to his own family. He shall return to the possession of his fathers. 42 For they are (B)My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as slaves. 43 (C)You shall not rule over him (D)with [a]rigor, but you (E)shall fear your God.

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  1. Leviticus 25:43 severity