43 Do not lord it over them harshly, but stand in fear of your God.
44 The male and female slaves that you possess—these you shall acquire from the nations round about you.
45 You may also acquire them from among the resident aliens who reside with you, and from their families who are with you, those whom they bore in your land. These you may possess,
46 and bequeath to your children as their hereditary possession forever. You may treat them as slaves. But none of you shall lord it harshly over any of your fellow Israelites.
47 When your kindred, having been so reduced to poverty, sell themselves to a resident alien who has become wealthy or to descendants of a resident alien’s family,
48 even after having sold themselves, they still may be redeemed by one of their kindred,
49 by an uncle or cousin, or by some other relative from their family; or, having acquired the means, they may pay the redemption price themselves.