Leviticus 25:43
Thou shalt not make him serve with rigour, but shalt fear thy God.
Targum Onkelos
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 before the Lord, and did not act as the king of Mizraim had bidden them, but preserved the sons alive.
Exodus 2:23And it was in many of those days: and the king of Mizraim died. And the sons of Israel groaned with the hard service which was upon them; and the cry rose up before the presence of the Lord, form their labour.
Exodus 3:9And now, behold, the cry of the sons of Israel ascendeth before Me, and the affliction is also revealed before Me wherewith the Mizraee afflict them.
Leviticus 25:17And you shall not impose, a man upon his neighbour; but thou shalt fear thy God, for I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 25:53As a hireling year by year shall he be with him; he shall not work him with rigour before thine eyes.
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 →