Leviticus 25
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Leviticus 25:39-55

39‘1IfH3588 a 2countrymanH251 of yours becomesH4134 so poorH4134 with regardH5973 to you that he sellsH4376 himself to you, you shall not subjectH5647 him to a slave’sH5650 serviceH5656. 40He shall be with you as a hiredH7916 manH7916, as 3if he were a sojournerH8453; he shall serveH5647 with you untilH5704 the yearH8141 of jubileeH3104. 41He shall then goH3318 out from you, he and his sonsH1121 with him, and shall goH7725 backH7725 to his familyH4940, that he may returnH7725 to the propertyH272 of his forefathersH1. 42For they are My servantsH5650 whomH834 I broughtH3318 out from the landH776 of EgyptH4714; they are not to be soldH4376 in a slaveH5650 saleH4466. 434You shall not ruleH7287 over him with severityH6531, but are to revereH3372 your GodH430. 44As for your maleH5650 and femaleH519 slavesH519H5650 whomH834 you may haveH1961--you may acquireH7069 maleH5650 and femaleH519 slavesH519H5650 from the pagan nationsH1471 that are aroundH5439 you. 45Then, tooH1571, it is out of the sonsH1121 of the sojournersH8453 who liveH1481 as aliensH1481 amongH5973 you that you may gainH7069 acquisitionH7069, and out of their familiesH4940 whoH834 are with you, whomH834 they will have 5producedH3205 in your landH776; they also may becomeH1961 your possessionH272. 46You may even bequeathH5157 them to your sonsH1121 afterH310 you, to receiveH3423 as a possessionH272; you can useH5647 them as permanentH5769 slavesH5647. 6But in respect to your 7countrymenH251, the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478, you shall not ruleH7287 with severityH6531 over oneH376 anotherH251.

47‘Now ifH3588 the 8meansH3027 of a strangerH1616 or of a sojournerH8453 with you becomesH5381 sufficientH5381, and a 9countrymanH251 of yours becomesH4134 so poorH4134 with regardH5973 to him as to sellH4376 himself to a strangerH1616 who is sojourningH8453 with you, orH176 to the descendantsH6133 of a stranger’sH1616 familyH4940, 48then he shall haveH1961 redemptionH1353 rightH1353 afterH310 he has been soldH4376. OneH259 of his brothersH251 may redeemH1350 him, 49orH176 his uncleH1730, orH176 his uncle’sH1730 sonH1121, may redeemH1350 him, orH176 one of his bloodH7607 relativesH7607 from his familyH4940 may redeemH1350 him; orH176 1011if he prospersH5381, he may redeemH1350 himself. 50He then with his purchaserH7069 shall calculateH2803 from the yearH8141 when he soldH4376 himself to him up to the yearH8141 of jubileeH3104; and the priceH3701 of his saleH4465 shall correspondH1961 to the numberH4557 of yearsH8141. It is like the daysH3117 of a hiredH7916 manH7916 that he shall be with him. 51IfH518 there are stillH5750 manyH7227 yearsH8141, 12he shall refundH7725 part of his purchaseH4736 priceH3701 in proportionH6310 to them for his own redemptionH1353; 52and ifH518 fewH4592 yearsH8141 remainH7604 untilH5704 the yearH8141 of jubileeH3104, he shall so calculateH2803 with him. In proportionH6310 to his yearsH8141 he is to refundH7725 the amount for his redemptionH1353. 53Like a manH7916 hiredH7916 yearH8141 by yearH8141 he shall be with him; 13he shall not ruleH7287 over him with severityH6531 in your sightH5869. 54Even ifH518 he is not redeemedH1350 by 14theseH428 means, 15he shall still goH3318 out in the yearH8141 of jubileeH3104, he and his sonsH1121 with him. 55For the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 are My servantsH5650; they are My servantsH5650 whomH834 I broughtH3318 out from the landH776 of EgyptH4714. I am the LordH3068 your GodH430.

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Notes

  1. 1. Leviticus 25:39 Ex 21:2-6; Deut 15:12-18; 1 Kin 9:22 ↩
  2. 2. Leviticus 25:39 Lit brother ↩
  3. 3. Leviticus 25:40 Ex 21:2 ↩
  4. 4. Leviticus 25:43 Ex 1:13, 14; Lev 25:46, 53; Ezek 34:4; Col 4:1 ↩
  5. 5. Leviticus 25:45 Lit begotten ↩
  6. 6. Leviticus 25:46 Lev 25:43 ↩
  7. 7. Leviticus 25:46 Lit brothers ↩
  8. 8. Leviticus 25:47 Lit hand...reaches ↩
  9. 9. Leviticus 25:47 Lit brother ↩
  10. 10. Leviticus 25:49 Lit if his hand has reached and ↩
  11. 11. Leviticus 25:49 Lev 25:26, 27 ↩
  12. 12. Leviticus 25:51 Lev 25:16 ↩
  13. 13. Leviticus 25:53 Lev 25:43 ↩
  14. 14. Leviticus 25:54 Or these years ↩
  15. 15. Leviticus 25:54 Lev 25:10, 13, 28 ↩

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