Leviticus 25:53

as a hireling; he shall be with him from year to year; thou shalt not oppress him with labor before thee.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 but a little time be left of the years to the year of release, then shall he reckon to him according to his years, and shall pay his ransom

54And if he do not pay his ransom accordingly, he shall go out in the year of his release, he and his children with him.

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:46And ye shall distribute them to your children after you, and they shall be to you permanent possessions forever: but of your brethren the children of Israel, one shall not oppress his brother in labors.

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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