Leviticus 25:53

As a hireling year by year shall he be with him; he shall not work him with rigour before thine eyes.

Targum Onkelos

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

52Or if but few years remain unto the year of Jubilee, he shall compute with him, and according to the years shall give for his redemption.

54But if he be not redeemed within those years, he shall go out at the year of Jubilee, he and his children with him.

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:46And may make them an inheritance for your children after you to inherit them for a possession to serve them perpetually; but among your brethren the sons of Israel no man shall make his brother labour with hardness.

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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