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Leviticus 25:39
If thy brother constrained by poverty, sell himself to thee: thou shalt not oppress him with the service of bondservants.
Leviticus 25:39 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Leviticus 25:39 in other translations
And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
If a countryman among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, then you must not force him into slave labor.
“‘If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you, you shall not make him to serve as a slave.
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In context
36 Take not usury of him nor more than thou gavest. Fear thy God, that thy brother may live with thee.
37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury: nor exact of him any increase of fruits.
38 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that I might give you the land of Chanaan, and might be your God.
39 If thy brother constrained by poverty, sell himself to thee: thou shalt not oppress him with the service of bondservants.
40 But he shall be as a hireling, and a sojourner: he shall work with thee until the year of the jubilee.
41 And afterwards he shall go out with his children: and shall return to his kindred and to the possession of his fathers.
42 For they are my servants, and I brought them out of the land of Egypt: let them not be sold as bondmen.
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