Leviticus 25:43
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 1:17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.
Exodus 2:23And it came to pass in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
Exodus 3:9And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: moreover I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
Leviticus 25:17And ye shall not wrong one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am Jehovah your God.
Leviticus 25:53As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him: he shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight.
2 Chronicles 28:10And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: [but] are there not even with you trespasses of your own against Jehovah your God?
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 25:40-55
Oppression of Brethren Forbidden. ( b. c. 1490.) 39 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: 40 But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubilee: 41 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. 42 For they are my servants, which I brought… Read the whole commentary →