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Leviticus 25:44-46

44Your menservantsוְעַבְדְּךָ֥ve.'av.de.KhaH5650and maidservantsוַאֲמָתְךָ֖va.'a.ma.te.KhaH519אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834shall comeיִהְיוּ־yih.yu-H1961fromמֵאֵ֣תme.'EtH854the nationsהַגּוֹיִ֗םha.go.YimH1471אֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherH834around youסְבִיבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םse.vi.Vo.tei.KhemH5439, from whomyou may purchaseתִּקְנ֖וּtik.NuH7069themעֶ֥בֶד וְאָמָֽה׃'E.ved ve.'a.MahH5650 H519.

45You may alsoוְ֠גַםVe.gamH1571purchase themתִּקְנ֔וּtik.NuH7069from theמִבְּנֵ֨יmi.be.NeiH1121foreignersהַתּוֹשָׁבִ֜יםha.to.sha.VimH8453residingהַגָּרִ֤יםha.ga.RimH1481among youעִמָּכֶם֙'i.ma.KhemH5973or their clansוּמִמִּשְׁפַּחְתָּם֙u.mi.mish.pach.TamH4940living among youעִמָּכֶ֔ם'i.ma.KhemH5973whoאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834are bornהוֹלִ֖ידוּho.Li.duH3205in your landבְּאַרְצְכֶ֑םbe.'ar.tze.KhemH776.These may becomeוְהָי֥וּve.ha.YuH1961yourpropertyלַֽאֲחֻזָּֽה׃La.'a.chu.ZahH272.

46You may leaveוְהִתְנַחֲלְתֶּ֨םve.hit.na.chal.TemH5157themאֹתָ֜ם'o.TamH853to your sonsלִבְנֵיכֶ֤םliv.nei.KhemH1121afterאַחֲרֵיכֶם֙'a.cha.rei.KhemH310you to inheritלָרֶ֣שֶׁתla.Re.shetH3423as propertyאֲחֻזָּ֔ה'a.chu.ZahH272;you can make them slavesתַּעֲבֹ֑דוּta.'a.Vo.duH5647for lifeלְעֹלָ֖םle.'o.LamH5769.But as for your brothersוּבְאַ֨חֵיכֶ֤םu.ve.'A.chei.KhemH251,the Israelitesבְּנֵֽי־ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙be.nei- Yis.ra.'ElH1121 H3478,noלֹא־lo'-H3808manאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376may ruleתִרְדֶּ֥הtir.DehH7287harshlyבְּפָֽרֶךְ׃ סbe.Fa.rekhH6531over his brotherבְּאָחִ֔יוbe.'a.ChivH251.

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