1. Lévitique 25:43 (NEG79)
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How was the bondservant to be treated?

Lévitique 25:43 (NEG79)

43 Tu ne domineras point sur lui avec dureté, et tu craindras ton Dieu.

Bondservants are not to be dealt with ruthlessly (pěrěḵ). This is a rare Hebrew term. It is used in Exodus 1:13 to describe the affliction of the Hebrews by the Egyptians. The Israelites are not to treat their servants in the same manner as the Egyptians treated them.