Imamat 25:42-43

25:42 Since they are my servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt, they must not be sold in a slave sale. ¹  25:43 You must not rule over him harshly, ²  but you must fear your God.

Imamat 25:55

25:55 because the Israelites are my own servants; ³  they are my servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

[25:42]  ¹ tn Or perhaps reflexive Niphal rather than passive, “they shall not sell themselves [as in] a slave sale.”

[25:43]  ² tn Heb “You shall not rule in him in violence”; cf. NASB “with severity”; NIV “ruthlessly.”

[25:55]  ³ tn Heb “because to me the sons of Israel are servants.”