Leviticus 25:43-45
New King James Version
43 (A)You shall not rule over him (B)with [a]rigor, but you (C)shall fear your God. 44 And as for your male and female slaves whom you may have—from the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves. 45 Moreover you may buy (D)the children of the strangers who dwell among you, and their families who are with you, which they beget in your land; and they shall become your property.
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Leviticus 25:43-45
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.
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