Levítico 25:43

43 Muestra tu temor a Dios al no tratarlos con dureza.

Levítico 25:43 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 25:43

Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour
As the Egyptians ruled over the Israelites, and made them to serve, ( Exodus 1:13 ) ; where the same word is used as here, and seems designed to put them in mind of it, that so they might abstain from such usage of their brethren, which they had met with from their most cruel enemies; it signifies tyranny and oppression, treating them with great severity, laying hard and heavy tasks and burdens upon them they could not bear; enjoining them things they could not perform, and ordering them to do what were unnecessary, and without any limitation with respect to time: but shalt fear thy God;
that has been good to thee, and has brought thee out of hard and rigorous bondage in Egypt; and which should be remembered with thankfulness, and they should fear to offend so good a God by using a brother cruelly.

Levítico 25:43 In-Context

41 Entonces, él y sus hijos ya no tendrán ninguna obligación contigo, y regresarán a su clan y a la tierra que se asignó a sus antepasados.

42 Los israelitas son mis siervos, a quienes yo saqué de la tierra de Egipto, de modo que nunca deben ser vendidos como esclavos.

43 Muestra tu temor a Dios al no tratarlos con dureza.

44 »Sin embargo, podrás comprar esclavos y esclavas de entre las naciones vecinas.

45 También podrás comprar a los hijos de los residentes temporales que vivan entre ustedes, incluidos los que hayan nacido en tu tierra. Podrás considerarlos como tu propiedad,