^43 (A)You shall not rule over him ^(B)ruthlessly but ^(C)shall fear your God.

¹⁵ The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took from them for their daily ration^[a] forty shekels^[b] of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so, ^(A)because of the fear of God.