37
'You shall not
give him your
silver at
interest,
nor your
food for
gain.
tyiB.r;m.b.W .$,v,n.B w{l !eTit -a{l '$.P.s;K -t,a ? '$,l.k'a !eTit -a{l
38
'I am the
LORD your
God,
who brought you out of the
land of
Egypt to
give you the
land of
Canaan and to be your
God.
~,k.t,a yitaecw{h -r,v]a ~,kyeh{l/a h'wh.y yin]a ? !;[;n.K #,r,a -t,a ~,k'l tet'l ~Iy'r.cim #,r,aem ? ~yih{lael ~,k'l tw{y.hil
39
'If a
countryman of yours
becomes so
poor with
regard to you that he
sells himself to you, you shall not
subject him to a
slave's service.
d{b][;t -a{l .$'l -r;K.min.w .$'Mi[ '$yix'a .$.Wm'y -yik.w ? d,b'[ t;d{b][ w{B
40
'He shall be with you as a
hired man, as if he were a
sojourner; he shall
serve with you
until the
year of
jubilee.
leb{Y;h t;n.v -d;[ .$'Mi[ h,y.hIy b'vw{t.K ryik'f.K ? .$'Mi[ d{b][;y
41
'He shall then
go out from you, he and his
sons with him, and shall
go back to his
family, that he may
return to the
property of his
forefathers.
w{T.x;P.vim -l,a b'v.w w{Mi[ wy'n'b.W a.Wh .$'Mi[em a'c'y.w ? b.Wv'y wy't{b]a t;ZUx]a -l,a.w
42
'For they are My
servants whom I
brought out from the
land of
Egypt; they are not to be
sold in a
slave sale.
#,r,aem ~'t{a yitaecw{h -r,v]a ~eh y;d'b][ -yiK ? d,b'[ t,r,K.mim .Wr.k'MIy a{l ~Iy'r.cim
43
'You shall not
rule over him with
severity, but are to
revere your
God.
'$y,h{l/aem 'taer'y.w .$,r'p.B w{b h,D.rit -a{l
44
'As for your
male and
female slaves * whom you may
have -you may
acquire male and
female slaves * from the pagan
nations that are
around you.
~Iyw{G;h teaem .$'l -.Wy.hIy r,v]a '$.t'm]a;w '$.D.b;[.w ? h'm'a.w d,b,[ .Wn.qiT ~,hem ~,kyet{byib.s r,v]a
45
'Then,
too, it is out of the
sons of the
sojourners who
live as
aliens among you that you may
gain acquisition, and out of their
families who are with you,
whom they will have
produced in your
land; they also may
become your
possession.
~,hem ~,k'Mi[ ~yir'G;h ~yib'vw{T;h yen.Bim ~;g.w ? .Wdyilw{h r,v]a ~,k'Mi[ r,v]a ~'T.x;P.viMim.W .Wn.qiT ? h'ZUx]a;l ~,k'l .Wy'h.w ~,k.c.r;a.B
46
'You may even
bequeath them to your
sons after you, to
receive as a
possession; you can
use them as
permanent slaves. But in respect to your
countrymen, the
sons of
Israel, you shall not
rule with
severity over
one another.
t,v,r'l ~,kyer]x;a ~,kyen.bil ~'t{a ]m,T.l]x;n.tih.w ? lea'r.fIy -yen.B ~,kyex;a.b.W .Wd{b][;T ~,h'B ~'l{[.l h'ZUx]a ? .$,r'p.B w{b h,D.rit -a{l wyix'a.B vyia
47
'Now
if the
means of a
stranger or of a
sojourner with you
becomes sufficient, and a
countryman of yours
becomes so
poor with
regard to him as to
sell himself to a
stranger who is
sojourning with you,
or to the
descendants of a
stranger's family,
'$yix'a .$'m.W .$'Mi[ b'vw{t.w reG d;y gyiF;t yik.w ? r,qe[.l w{a .$'Mi[ b'vw{T reg.l r;K.min.w w{Mi[ ? reG t;x;P.vim