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'You shall not rule over him with rigor, but you shall fear your God.
Now the magicians so worked with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not. So there were lice on man and beast.
The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all kinds of precious stones: the first foundation wa s jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,
Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart grew hard, and he did not heed them, just as the LORD had said.
'And then he shall depart from you - he and his children with him - and shall return to his own family. He shall return to the possession of his fathers.
'Take no usury or interest from him; but fear your God, that your brother may live with you.
'If one of your brethren becomes poor, and falls into poverty among you, then you shall help him, like a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with you.
'I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.
'And if one of your brethren who dwells by you becomes poor, and sells himself to you, you shall not compel him to serve as a slave.
'And as for your male and female slaves whom you may have - from the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves.
'As a hired servant and a sojourner he shall be with you, and shall serve you until the Year of Jubilee.
'For they are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as slaves.
So the LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Stretch out your rod, and strike the dust of the land, so that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.' "
And they did so. For Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod and struck the dust of the earth, and it became lice on man and beast. All the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
'And you may take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them as a possession; they shall be your permanent slaves. But regarding your brethren, the children of Israel, you shall not rule over one another with rigor.
'Moreover you may buy the children of the strangers who dwell among you, and their families who are with you, which they beget in your land; and they shall become your property.
I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust."
My lovingkindness and my fortress, My high tower and my deliverer, My shield and the One in whom I take refuge, Who subdues my people under me.
The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.