Leviticus 25:40

But let him be with you as a servant working for payment, till the year of Jubilee;

Bible in Basic English

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 your brother becomes poor and gives himself to you for money, do not make use of him like a servant who is your property;

41Then he will go out from you, he and his children with him, and go back to his family and to the property of his fathers.

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Cross References

Exodus 21:2If you get a Hebrew servant for money, he is to be your servant for six years, and in the seventh year you are to let him go free without payment.

Deuteronomy 15:12If one of your countrymen, a Hebrew man or woman, becomes your servant for a price and does work for you six years, in the seventh year let him go free.

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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