- Leviticus 25:39
וְכִי־יָמוּךְ אָחִיךָ עִמָּךְ וְנִמְכַּר־לָךְ לֹא־תַעֲבֹד בּוֹ עֲבֹדַת עָבֶד׃
If your kin under you continue in straits and must be given over to you, do not subject them to the treatment of a slave.
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲרֵי יִתְמַסְכַּן אֲחוּךְ עִמָּךְ וְיִזְדַּבַּן לָךְ לָא תִפְלַח בֵּיהּ פּוּלְחַן עַבְדִּין׃
If your brother becomes impoverished and is sold to you, you must not work him like a slave [slaves].
- Leviticus 25:40
כְּשָׂכִיר כְּתוֹשָׁב יִהְיֶה עִמָּךְ עַד־שְׁנַת הַיֹּבֵל יַעֲבֹד עִמָּךְ׃
Remaining with you as a hired or bound laborer, they shall serve with you only until the jubilee year.
Targum Onkelos
כַּאֲגִירָא כְּתוֹתָבָא יְהֵי עִמָּךְ עַד שַׁתָּא דְּיוֹבֵילָא יִפְלַח עִמָּךְ׃
Like a hired hand or resident [worker] shall he be with you He shall serve you until the jubilee year.
- Leviticus 25:41
וְיָצָא מֵעִמָּךְ הוּא וּבָנָיו עִמּוֹ וְשָׁב אֶל־מִשְׁפַּחְתּוֹ וְאֶל־אֲחֻזַּת אֲבֹתָיו יָשׁוּב׃
Then they, along with any children, shall be free of your authority; they shall go back to their family and return to the ancestral holding.—
Targum Onkelos
וְיִפּוֹק מֵעִמָּךְ הוּא וּבְנוֹהִי עִמֵּיהּ וִיתוּב לְזַרְעִיתֵיהּ וּלְאַחְסָנַת אֲבָהָתוֹהִי יְתוּב׃
Then he and his children shall depart from you and return to his own family. He shall return to his ancestral estate.
- Leviticus 25:42
כִּי־עֲבָדַי הֵם אֲשֶׁר־הוֹצֵאתִי אֹתָם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם לֹא יִמָּכְרוּ מִמְכֶּרֶת עָבֶד׃
For they are My servants, whom I freed from the land of Egypt; they may not give themselves over into servitude.—
Targum Onkelos
אֲרֵי עַבְדַּי אִנּוּן דְּאַפֵּיקִית יָתְהוֹן מֵאַרְעָא דְּמִצְרָֽיִם לָא יִזְדַּבְּנוּן זִבּוּן עַבְדִּין׃
For they are My servants, whom I brought out from the land of Egypt, they shall not be sold [in the market] as slaves.
- Leviticus 25:43
לֹא־תִרְדֶּה בוֹ בְּפָרֶךְ וְיָרֵאתָ מֵאֱלֹהֶיךָ׃
You shall not rule over them ruthlessly; you shall fear your God.
Targum Onkelos
לָא תִפְלַח בֵּיהּ בְּקַשְׁיוּ וְתִדְחַל מֵאֱלָהָךְ׃
You must not rule over him [make him work] to crush him and you shall fear your God.
- Leviticus 25:44
וְעַבְדְּךָ וַאֲמָתְךָ אֲשֶׁר יִהְיוּ־לָךְ מֵאֵת הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבֹתֵיכֶם מֵהֶם תִּקְנוּ עֶבֶד וְאָמָה׃
Such male and female slaves as you may have—it is from the nations round about you that you may acquire male and female slaves.
Targum Onkelos
וְעַבְדָּךְ וְאַמְתָּךְ דִּיהוֹן לָךְ מִן עַמְמַיָּא דִּבְסַחְרָנֵיכוֹן מִנְּהוֹן תִּקְנוֹן עַבְדִּין וְאַמְהָן׃
Your slaves and maidservants that you shall possess from the nations that surround you, from them you may purchase slaves and maidservants.
- Leviticus 25:45
וְגַם מִבְּנֵי הַתּוֹשָׁבִים הַגָּרִים עִמָּכֶם מֵהֶם תִּקְנוּ וּמִמִּשְׁפַּחְתָּם אֲשֶׁר עִמָּכֶם אֲשֶׁר הוֹלִידוּ בְּאַרְצְכֶם וְהָיוּ לָכֶם לַאֲחֻזָּה׃
You may also buy them from among the children of the resident aliens among you, or from their families that are among you, whom they begot in your land. These shall become your property:
Targum Onkelos
וְאַף מִבְּנֵי תּוֹתָבַיָּא עַרְלַיָּא דְּדָיְירִין עִמְּכוֹן מִנְּהוֹן תִּקְנוֹן וּמִזַּרְעִיתְהוֹן דְּעִמְּכוֹן דְּאִתְיַלַּדוּ בַּאֲרַעְכוֹן וִיהוֹן לְכוֹן לְאַחְסָנָא׃
Also, from the children of the [uncircumcised] sojourners who reside with you from them you may purchase [slaves], and from their families that live among you that were born in your land. [All these] shall be your permanent possession.
- Leviticus 25:46
וְהִתְנַחַלְתֶּם אֹתָם לִבְנֵיכֶם אַחֲרֵיכֶם לָרֶשֶׁת אֲחֻזָּה לְעֹלָם בָּהֶם תַּעֲבֹדוּ וּבְאַחֵיכֶם בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אִישׁ בְּאָחִיו לֹא־תִרְדֶּה בוֹ בְּפָרֶךְ׃
you may keep them as a possession for your children after you, for them to inherit as property for all time. Such you may treat as slaves. But as for your Israelite kin, no one shall rule ruthlessly over another.
Targum Onkelos
וְתַחְסְנוּן יָתְהוֹן לִבְנֵיכוֹן בָּתְרֵיכוֹן לִירוּתַּת אַחְסָנָא לְעָלַם בְּהוֹן תִּפְלְחוּן וּבַאֲחֵיכוֹן בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל גְּבַר בַּאֲחוּהִי לָא תִפְלַח בֵּיהּ בְּקַשְׁיוּ׃
You shall will them as inheritance to your children after you as hereditary property; you shall keep them in servitude permanently. However regarding your bretheren, Bnei Yisroel, man over his brother, you must not rule over him [make him work] to crush him.