Leviticus 25:44
“Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt haue, shall be of the Heathen, that are round about you: of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.”
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Leviticus 25:44 Context
42For they are my seruants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bond men. 43Thou shalt not rule ouer him with rigour, but shalt feare thy God. 44Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt haue, shall be of the Heathen, that are round about you: of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. 45Moreouer, of the children of the strangers that do soiourne among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shalbe your possession. 46And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherite them for a possession, they shal bee your bondmen for euer: but ouer your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one ouer another with rigour.
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Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, [shall be] of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
- King James Version
'As for your male and female slaves whom you may have--you may acquire male and female slaves from the pagan nations that are around you.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, whom thou shalt have; of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
- American Standard Version (1901)
But you may get servants as property from among the nations round about; from them you may take men-servants and women-servants.
- Basic English Bible
And as for thy bondman and thy handmaid whom thou shalt have -- of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and handmaids.
- Darby Bible
Both thy bond-men, and thy bond-maids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are around you; of them shall ye buy bond-men and bond-maids.
- Webster's Bible
'As for your male and your female slaves, whom you may have; of the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves.
- World English Bible
`And thy man-servant and thy handmaid whom thou hast [are] of the nations who [are] round about you; of them ye buy man-servant and handmaid,
- Youngs Literal Bible
And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, whom thou mayest have: of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible