Leviticus 25:53

They are to live with their foreign owner just like a paid worker, hired from year to year, but see to it that the owner doesn't treat him brutally.

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In The King James Version

And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.

In Context

52If there are only a few years remaining before the Jubilee Year, then they only have to pay a percentage depending on the number of years still left.

54If they are not bought back in any of the ways described, they and their children shall be freed in the Jubilee Year.

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:46You can pass them on to your children to inherit as property after you die. You can make them slaves for life, but you must not brutally treat any of your own people, the Israelites, as a slave.

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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