Leviticus 25:43-44

25:43 You must not rule over him harshly, ¹  but you must fear your God.

25:44 “‘As for your male and female slaves ²  who may belong to you – you may buy male and female slaves from the nations all around you. ³ 

[25:43]  ¹ tn Heb “You shall not rule in him in violence”; cf. NASB “with severity”; NIV “ruthlessly.”

[25:44]  ² tn Heb “And your male slave and your female slave.” Smr has these as plural terms, “slaves,” not singular.

[25:44]  ³ tn Heb “ from the nations which surround you, from them you shall buy male slave and female slave.”