Leviticus 25:46

And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.

Cross-references

Leviticus 25:39 forbids treating fellow Israelites as slaves — contrasting with the permanent slavery of foreigners allowed here.

Leviticus 25:43 commands not ruling ruthlessly over brothers — the same principle referenced here as the contrast to foreign slaves.

Exodus 21:21 treats a slave as the owner's money — directly parallel to the permission here to own slaves as inheritable property.

Exodus 1:14 Contrast

Exodus 1:14 shows Egyptians ruthlessly enslaving Israelites — the very oppression this law prohibits toward brothers, contrasting the permission for foreign slaves.

Isaiah 14:2 Contrast

Isaiah 14:2 envisions Israel ruling over former oppressors as slaves — a reversal that echoes the foreign servitude allowed here.

Job 31:13 Contrast

Job 31:13 asserts Job did not reject his servants' cause — contrasting the assumption of absolute ownership here with a call for just treatment.