Leviticus 25:43
you do not rule over him with rigor, and you have been afraid of your God.
Literal 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 1:17And the midwives fear God, and have not done as the king of Egypt has spoken to them, and they keep the boys alive;
Exodus 2:23And it comes to pass during these many days, that the king of Egypt dies, and the sons of Israel sigh because of the service, and cry, and their cry goes up to God, because of the service;
Exodus 3:9And now, behold, the cry of the sons of Israel has come to Me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them,
Leviticus 25:17and you do not oppress one another, and you have been afraid of your God; for I [am] your God YHWH.
Leviticus 25:53as a hired worker, year by year, he is with him, and he does not rule him with rigor before your eyes.
2 Chronicles 28:10and now you are saying to subdue sons of Judah and Jerusalem for menservants and for maidservants for yourselves; but are there not causes of guilt with you before your God YHWH?
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 →