Leviticus 25
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Leviticus 25:39-55

39‘Now 1ifH3588 a countrymanH251 of yours becomesH4134 so poorH4134 withH5973 regardH5973 toH5973 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 workerH7916, 2as if he were a foreignH8453 residentH8453; he shall serveH5647 with you up to the yearH8141 of jubileeH3104. 41He shall then leaveH3318 you, he and his sonsH1121 with him, and shall goH7725 backH7725 to his familyH4940, so that he may returnH7725 to the propertyH272 of his forefathersH1. 42For they are My servantsH5650 whomH834 I broughtH3318 outH3318 from the landH776 of EgyptH4714; they are not to be soldH4376 in a slaveH5650 saleH4466. 433You shall not ruleH7287 over him with 4severityH6531, 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. 45You may alsoH1571 acquireH7069 them from the sonsH1121 of the foreignH8453 residentsH8453 who resideH1481 amongH5973 you, and from their familiesH4940 whoH834 are with you, whomH834 they will have producedH3205 in your landH776; they also may becomeH1961 your possessionH272. 46You may also passH5157 them onH5157 asH5157 anH5157 inheritanceH5157 to your sonsH1121 afterH310 you, to receiveH3423 as a possessionH272; you can useH5647 them asH5647 permanentH5769 slavesH5647. 5But in respect to your countrymenH251, the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478, you shall not ruleH7287 with 6severityH6531 over oneH376 anotherH251.

47‘Now ifH3588 the 7meansH3027 of a strangerH1616 or of a foreignH8453 residentH8453 with you becomesH5381 sufficientH5381, and a countrymanH251 of yours becomesH4134 poorH4134 inH5973 relationH5973 toH5973 him and sellsH4376 himself to a strangerH1616 whoH8453 isH8453 residingH8453 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 relativesH7607H1320 from his familyH4940 may redeemH1350 him; orH176 89if 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 calculated. It is like the daysH3117 of a hiredH7916 workerH7916 that he will be with him. 51IfH518 there are stillH5750 manyH7227 yearsH8141 remaining, 10he shall refundH7725 part of his purchaseH4736 priceH3701 in proportionH6310 to them for his own redemptionH1353; 52but 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. 53He shall be with him like a workerH7916 hiredH7916 yearH8141 by yearH8141; 11he shall not ruleH7287 over him with 12severityH6531 in your sightH5869. 54Even ifH518 he is not redeemedH1350 by 13theseH428 meansH428, 14he shall still leaveH3318 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 outH3318 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 25:40 Ex 21:2 ↩
  3. 3. Leviticus 25:43 Ex 1:13, 14; Lev 25:46, 53; Ezek 34:4; Col 4:1 ↩
  4. 4. Leviticus 25:43 Or violence ↩
  5. 5. Leviticus 25:46 Lev 25:43 ↩
  6. 6. Leviticus 25:46 Or violence ↩
  7. 7. Leviticus 25:47 Lit hand...reaches ↩
  8. 8. Leviticus 25:49 Lit his hand has reached and he ↩
  9. 9. Leviticus 25:49 Lev 25:26, 27 ↩
  10. 10. Leviticus 25:51 Lev 25:16 ↩
  11. 11. Leviticus 25:53 Lev 25:43 ↩
  12. 12. Leviticus 25:53 Or violence ↩
  13. 13. Leviticus 25:54 Or these years ↩
  14. 14. Leviticus 25:54 Lev 25:10, 13, 28 ↩

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