And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:

If a countryman among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, then you must not force him into slave labor.

But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:

Let him stay with you as a hired worker or temporary resident; he is to work for you until the Year of Jubilee.

And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.

Then he and his children are to be released, and he may return to his clan and to the property of his fathers.

For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.

Because the Israelites are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt, they are not to be sold as slaves.

Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God.

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.

Your menservants and maidservants shall come from the nations around you, from whom you may purchase them.

Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.

You may also purchase them from the foreigners residing among you or their clans living among you who are born in your land. These may become your property.

And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.

You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But as for your brothers, the Israelites, no man may rule harshly over his brother.