Imamat 25:17

25:17 No one is to oppress his fellow citizen, ¹  but you must fear your God, because I am the Lord your God.

Imamat 25:36

25:36 Do not take interest or profit from him, ²  but you must fear your God and your brother must live ³  with you.

Imamat 25:43

25:43 You must not rule over him harshly, ⁴  but you must fear your God.

Imamat 25:46

25:46 You may give them as inheritance to your children after you to possess as property. You may enslave them perpetually. However, as for your brothers the Israelites, no man may rule over his brother harshly. ⁵ 

Imamat 25:53

25:53 He must be with the one who bought him ⁶  like a yearly hired worker. ⁷  The one who bought him ⁸  must not rule over him harshly in your sight.

[25:17]  ¹ tn Heb “And you shall not oppress a man his fellow citizen.”

[25:36]  ² tn The meaning of the terms rendered “interest” and “profit” is much debated (see the summaries in P. J. Budd, Leviticus [NCBC], 354-55 and B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 178). Verse 37, however, suggests that the first refers to a percentage of money and the second percentage of produce (see J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 421).

[25:36]  ³ tn In form the Hebrew term וְחֵי (vÿkhey, “shall live”) is the construct plural noun (i.e., “the life of”), but here it is used as the finite verb (cf. v. 35 and GKC 218 §76.i).

[25:43]  ⁴ tn Heb “You shall not rule in him in violence”; cf. NASB “with severity”; NIV “ruthlessly.”

[25:46]  ⁵ tn Heb “and your brothers, the sons of Israel, a man in his brother you shall not rule in him in violence.”

[25:53]  ⁶ tn Heb “be with him”; the referent (the one who bought him) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[25:53]  ⁷ tn Heb “As a hired worker year in year.”

[25:53]  ⁸ tn Heb “He”; the referent (the one who bought him) has been specified in the translation for clarity.