Leviticus 25:40

Treat him as a hired servant. He must be like someone living temporarily with you. He will serve with you until the year of Jubilee.

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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

39If your fellow countryman has become poor and sells himself to you, you must not make him work like a slave.

41Then he will go away from you, he and his children with him, and he will return to his own family and to his fathers' property.

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Cross References

Exodus 21:2'If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve for six years, and in the seventh year he will go free without paying anything.

Deuteronomy 15:12If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you and serves you for six years, then in the seventh year you must let him go free from you.

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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