Lev 25:44, 46 | ESV | STEP | 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.

Leviticus 25:44

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.

Leviticus 25:46

46 You may bequeath them to your sons after you to inherit as a possession forever. You may make slaves of them, but over your brothers the people of Israel ^ayou shall not rule, one over another ruthlessly.