Leviticus 25:40

He shall be with thee as a hired servant, and as a sojourner. He shall serve with thee to the year of jubilee.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:

In Context

39And if thy brother becomes poor with thee, and sells himself to thee, thou shall not make him to serve as a bondman.

41Then he shall go out from thee, he and his sons with him, and shall return to his own family. And he shall return to the possession of his fathers.

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Cross References

Exodus 21:2If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve, and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

Deuteronomy 15:12If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold to thee, and serves thee six years, then in the seventh year thou shall let him go free from thee.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 25:40-55

Oppression of Brethren Forbidden. ( b. c. 1490.) 39 And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant: 40 But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubilee: 41 And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return. 42 For they are my servants, which I brought… Read the whole commentary →

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