Leviticus 25:53

as a hired worker, year by year, he is with him, and he does not rule him with rigor before your eyes.

Literal Standard Version

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

52And if few are left of the years until the Year of Jubilee, then he has reckoned with him [and] he gives back his redemption [money] according to his years;

54And if he is not redeemed in these [years], then he has gone out in the Year of Jubilee, he and his sons with him.

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:46and you have taken them for an inheritance for your sons after you, to inherit [for] a possession; you lay service on them for all time, but on your brothers, the sons of Israel, each with his brother—you do not rule over him with rigor.

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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