Leviticus 25:43
“Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.”
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.
For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
Counter-Arguments
The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.
Cross-References
“And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:”
“Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the Lord your God.”
“And it came to pass in process of time, 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.”
“Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.”
“But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.”