Leviticus 25:40

But as a hired man and an inmate shall he be with thee; until the year of Jubilee shall he serve with thee:

Targum Onkelos

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 hath become poor with thee, and hath sold himself to thee, thou shalt not make him do the works of slaves,

41Then shall he go out from being with thee, he and his children with him, and return to his family and to the inheritance of his fathers.

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Cross References

Exodus 21:2When thou dost purchase a servant, a son of Israel, six years he shall serve, and in the seventh go forth free, for nothing.

Deuteronomy 15:12If thy brother, a son of Israel, or a daughter of Israel, be sold to thee, and shall have served thee six years, in the seventh year let him go, a son of liberty, 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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