44As for your male and female slaves whom you may have: you may buy male and female slaves from among the nations that are around you.
Leviticus 25:44 permits the purchasing of non-Hebrew slaves, either male or female. These individuals would have come from the surrounding pagan nations. No prohibition exists against the ownership of these slaves.
44 As for your male and female slaves whom you may have: you may buy male and female slaves from among the nations that are around you.