Leviticus 25:46-48

Expanded Bible

⁴⁶ and you may even ·pass them on to your children after you die [will them to your children]; you can make them slaves forever. But you must not ·rule [exercise dominion] cruelly over your own ·people [brothers; kinsmen], the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel].

⁴⁷ “‘Suppose a ·stranger [sojourner/wanderer/resident alien] or ·foreigner [or tenant] among you becomes rich. If ·someone in your country [a brother/kinsman] becomes so poor that he has to sell himself as a slave to the ·foreigner [sojourner; wanderer; resident alien] living among you or to a member of the ·foreigner’s [sojourner’s; wanderer’s; resident alien’s] family, ⁴⁸ ·the poor person has the right to be bought back and become free [^Lafter he is sold he has the right of redemption]. One of his relatives may ·buy him back [redeem him]: