Leviticus 25:43
You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
In Context
42For they are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. They shall not be sold as slaves.
Cross References
Exodus 1:17But the midwives feared God, and didn’t do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.
Exodus 2:23In the course of those many days, the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
Exodus 3:9Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
Leviticus 25:17You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 25:53As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him. He shall not rule with harshness over him in your sight.
2 Chronicles 28:10Now you intend to degrade the children of Judah and Jerusalem as male and female slaves for yourselves. Aren’t there even with you trespasses of your own against the LORD 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 →