44" 'Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves.


In Context

41 Then he and his children are to be released, and he will go back to his own clan and to the property of his forefathers.

42 Because the Israelites are my servants, whom I brought out of Egypt, they must not be sold as slaves.

43 Do not rule over them ruthlessly, but fear your God.

44 " 'Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves.

45 You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property.

46 You can will them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly.

Leviticus 25:44 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:44Both 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

25:44Let your bondmen, and your bondwomen, be of the nations that are round about you.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

25:44And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:44And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

25:44And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have; of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:44Both 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:44|'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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

25:44And 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,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:44Both your slaves, and your bondmaids, which you shall have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall you buy slaves and bondmaids.