Leviticus:25:43-46
rsv@Leviticus:25:43 @ You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.
rsv@Leviticus:25:44 @ As for your male and female slaves whom you may have: you may buy male and female slaves from among the nations that are round about you.
rsv@Leviticus:25:45 @ You may also buy from among the strangers who sojourn with you and their families that are with you, who have been born in your land; and they may be your property.
rsv@Leviticus:25:46 @ You may bequeath them to your sons after you, to inherit as a possession for ever; you may make slaves of them, but over your brethren the people of Israel you shall not rule, one over another, with harshness.
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