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But you must not treat any Israelites harshly. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/leviticus/25-46.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/leviticus/25-46.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/leviticus/25-46.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/leviticus/1.htm">Leviticus</a> > <a href="/gntd/leviticus/25.htm">Chapter 25</a> > Verse 46</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../leviticus/25-45.htm" title="Leviticus 25:45">◄</a> Leviticus 25:46 <a href="../leviticus/25-47.htm" title="Leviticus 25:47">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/leviticus/25.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/leviticus/25.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />and you may leave them as an inheritance to your children, whom they must serve as long as they live. But you must not treat any Israelites harshly. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You may keep them as a possession for your children after you, for them to inherit as property. These you may treat as slaves, but as for your fellow Israelites, no one shall rule over the other with harshness.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/leviticus/25.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You can own them, and even leave them to your children when you die, but do not make slaves of your own people or be cruel to them. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/25.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />and bequeath to your children as their hereditary possession forever. You may treat them as slaves. But none of you shall lord it harshly over any of your fellow Israelites.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/leviticus/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And by right of inheritance shall leave them to your posterity, and shall possess them for ever. But oppress not your brethren the children of Israel by might.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">And by right of inheritance shall leave them to your posterity, and shall possess them for ever. But oppress not your brethren the children of Israel by might.</p><p class="hdg">And ye shall</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../isaiah/14-2.htm">Isaiah 14:2</a> And the people shall take them, and bring them into their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids: and they shall make them captives that had taken them, and shall subdue their oppressors.</p><p class="hdg">they shall be your bondmen for ever.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../leviticus/25-39.htm">Leviticus 25:39</a> If thy brother constrained by poverty, sell himself to thee: thou shalt not oppress him with the service of bondservants.</p><p class="hdg">ye shall not rule</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../leviticus/25-43.htm">Leviticus 25:43</a> Afflict him not by might: but fear thy God.</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/leviticus/25.htm">Redemption of Bondmen</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">45</span>And of the strangers that sojourn among you, or that were born of them in your land. These you shall have for servants: <span class="reftext">46</span><span class="highl">And by right of inheritance shall leave them to your posterity, and shall possess them for ever. But oppress not your brethren the children of Israel by might.</span><div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../exodus/1-13.htm">Exodus 1:13</a></span><br />And the Egyptians hated the children of Israel, and afflicted them and mocked them:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../leviticus/25-43.htm">Leviticus 25:43</a></span><br />Afflict him not by might: but fear thy God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../leviticus/25-45.htm">Leviticus 25:45</a></span><br />And of the strangers that sojourn among you, or that were born of them in your land. These you shall have for servants:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../leviticus/25-47.htm">Leviticus 25:47</a></span><br />If the hand of a stranger or a sojourner grow strong among you, and thy brother being impoverished sell himself to him, or to any of his race:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_chronicles/28-8.htm">Bequeath</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-44.htm">Bondmen</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-44.htm">Bond-Men</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-45.htm">Children</a> <a href="/exodus/34-7.htm">Children's</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-14.htm">Countrymen</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-25.htm">Fellow</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-9.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-43.htm">Hard</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-43.htm">Harshness</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-13.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-35.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-24.htm">Inherit</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-24.htm">Inheritance</a> <a href="/exodus/23-30.htm">Inherited</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-33.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-42.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-21.htm">Life</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-34.htm">Permanent</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-45.htm">Possession</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-45.htm">Property</a> <a href="/exodus/30-16.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-23.htm">Respect</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-43.htm">Rigor</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-43.htm">Rigour</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-9.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-43.htm">Ruthlessly</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-45.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-43.htm">Severity</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-44.htm">Slaves</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-39.htm">Use</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/28-8.htm">Bequeath</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-13.htm">Bondmen</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-13.htm">Bond-Men</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-54.htm">Children</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-9.htm">Children's</a> <a href="/numbers/32-6.htm">Countrymen</a> <a href="/numbers/16-10.htm">Fellow</a> <a href="/numbers/10-8.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/numbers/11-11.htm">Hard</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-53.htm">Harshness</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-22.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/numbers/9-2.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/numbers/14-24.htm">Inherit</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-22.htm">Inheritance</a> <a href="/numbers/32-18.htm">Inherited</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-55.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-55.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-26.htm">Life</a> <a href="/joshua/8-28.htm">Permanent</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-16.htm">Possession</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-16.htm">Property</a> <a href="/numbers/7-5.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-9.htm">Respect</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-53.htm">Rigor</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-53.htm">Rigour</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-53.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-53.htm">Ruthlessly</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-55.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-53.htm">Severity</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-13.htm">Slaves</a> <a href="/numbers/3-26.htm">Use</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/25-46.htm">Leviticus 25:46 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/25-46.htm">Leviticus 25:46 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/25-46.htm">Leviticus 25:46 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/25-46.htm">Leviticus 25:46 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/25-46.htm">Leviticus 25:46 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/25-46.htm">Leviticus 25:46 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/25-46.htm">Leviticus 25:46 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/25-46.htm">Leviticus 25:46 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/leviticus/25-46.htm">Leviticus 25:46 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: a after and another as bequeath but can children countrymen even fellow for in inherited Israel Israelites life make may must not of one over permanent possession property receive respect rule ruthlessly severity shall slaves sons the them to use will with You your<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/leviticus/25-46.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 25:46 You may make them an inheritance (Le Lv Lev.) 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