“If a man lies sexually with a woman who is a slave, assigned to another man and not yet ransomed or given her freedom, a distinction shall be made. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free;

but if a priest buys a slave as his property for money, the slave may eat of it, and anyone born in his house may eat of his food.

The Sabbath of the land shall provide food for you, for yourself and for your male and female slaves and for your hired worker and the sojourner who lives with you,

“If your brother becomes poor beside you and sells himself to you, you shall not make him serve as a slave:

For they are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as slaves.

As for your male and female slaves whom you may have: you may buy male and female slaves from among the nations that are around you.

You may bequeath them to your sons after you to inherit as a possession forever. You may make slaves of them, but over your brothers the people of Israel you shall not rule, one over another ruthlessly.

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves. And I have broken the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect.