Leviticus 25:42-43

25:42 Since they are my servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt, they must not be sold in a slave sale. 25:43 You must not rule over him harshly, but you must fear your God.


tn Or perhaps reflexive Niphal rather than passive, “they shall not sell themselves [as in] a slave sale.”

tn Heb “You shall not rule in him in violence”; cf. NASB “with severity”; NIV “ruthlessly.”