Leviticus 25:40

He shall be with thee as a hireling or a sojourner, he shall work for thee till the year of release:

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 by thee be lowered, and be sold to thee, he shall not serve thee with the servitude of a slave.

41and he shall go out in the release, and his children with him; and he shall go to his family, he shall hasten back to his patrimony.

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Cross References

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

Deuteronomy 15:12And if thy brother or sister, a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, be sold to thee, he shall serve thee six years, and in the seventh year thou shalt send him out 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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