Leviticus 25:46
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46 You may keep them as a possession for your children after you, for them to inherit as property. These you may treat as slaves, but as for your fellow Israelites, no one shall rule over the other with harshness.(A)
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Leviticus 25:53
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53 As a laborer hired by the year they shall be under the alien’s authority, who shall not, however, rule with harshness over them in your sight.
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Exodus 1:13
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13 The Egyptians subjected the Israelites to hard servitude
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Exodus 1:14
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14 and made their lives bitter with hard servitude in mortar and bricks and in every kind of field labor. They were ruthless in all the tasks that they imposed on them.(A)
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