“For I brought you up from the land of Egypt
And ransomed you from the house of slavery,
And I sent before you Moses [to lead you], Aaron [the high priest], and Miriam [the prophetess].

“For the Lord will vindicate His people,
And will have compassion on His servants,
When He sees that their strength (hand) is gone,
And none remains, whether bond or free.

But, of the sons of Israel, Solomon devoted none to bond-service, - but, they, were men of war, and his servants, and his generals, and his heroes, and captains of his chariots, and his horsemen.

With whom soever of thy servants it shall be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bond-men.

For they are my servants, which I brought out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as bond-men.

But afterward they repented, and took again the servants and the hand maidens, whom they had let go free, and so made them bond again.