Levítico 25:43

43 No serás un amo cruel, sino que temerás a tu Dios.

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 lo pondrás en libertad junto con sus hijos, y podrán volver a su propia familia y a la heredad de sus antepasados.

42 Todos los israelitas son mis siervos. Yo los saqué de Egipto, así que no serán vendidos como esclavos.

43 No serás un amo cruel, sino que temerás a tu Dios.

44 »Asegúrate de que tus esclavos y esclavas provengan de las naciones vecinas; allí podrás comprarlos.

45 También podrás comprar esclavos nacidos en tu país, siempre y cuando sean de las familias extranjeras que vivan en medio de ustedes. Ellos serán propiedad de ustedes,