Leviticus 25:43-44

25:43 You must not rule over him harshly, but you must fear your God.

25:44 “‘As for your male and female slaves who may belong to you – you may buy male and female slaves from the nations all around you.


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

tn Heb “And your male slave and your female slave.” Smr has these as plural terms, “slaves,” not singular.

tn Heb “ from the nations which surround you, from them you shall buy male slave and female slave.”