Lev 25:41 'He shall then go out from you, he and his sons with him, and shall go back to his family, that he may return to the property of his forefathers.
Lev 25:42 'For they are My servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt; they are not to be sold in a slave sale.
Lev 25:43 'You shall not rule over him with severity, but are to revere your God.
Lev 25:44 '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.
Lev 25:45 'Then, too, it is out of the sons of the sojourners who live as aliens among you that you may gain acquisition, and out of their families who are with you, whom they will have produced in your land; they also may become your possession.
Lev 25:46 'You may even bequeath them to your sons after you, to receive as a possession; you can use them as permanent slaves. But in respect to your countrymen, the sons of Israel, you shall not rule with severity over one another.
Lev 25:47 ¶ 'Now if the means of a stranger or of a sojourner with you becomes sufficient, and a countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to him as to sell himself to a stranger who is sojourning with you, or to the descendants of a stranger's family,
Lev 25:48 then he shall have redemption right after he has been sold. One of his brothers may redeem him,
Lev 25:49 or his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or one of his blood relatives from his family may redeem him; or if he prospers, he may redeem himself.
Lev 25:50 'He then with his purchaser shall calculate from the year when he sold himself to him up to the year of jubilee; and the price of his sale shall correspond to the number of years. It is like the days of a hired man that he shall be with him.
Lev 25:51 'If there are still many years, he shall refund part of his purchase price in proportion to them for his own redemption;
Lev 25:52 and if few years remain until the year of jubilee, he shall so calculate with him. In proportion to his years he is to refund the amount for his redemption.
Lev 25:53 'Like a man hired year by year he shall be with him; he shall not rule over him with severity in your sight.
Lev 25:54 'Even if he is not redeemed by these means, he shall still go out in the year of jubilee, he and his sons with him.
Lev 25:55 'For the sons of Israel are My servants; they are My servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
Lev 26:1 'You shall not make for yourselves idols, nor shall you set up for yourselves an image or a sacred pillar, nor shall you place a figured stone in your land to bow down to it; for I am the LORD your God.
Lev 26:3 'If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments so as to carry them out,
Lev 26:4 then I shall give you rains in their season, so that the land will yield its produce and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.
Lev 26:5 'Indeed, your threshing will last for you until grape gathering, and grape gathering will last until sowing time. You will thus eat your food to the full and live securely in your land.
Lev 26:6 'I shall also grant peace in the land, so that you may lie down with no one making you tremble. I shall also eliminate harmful beasts from the land, and no sword will pass through your land.