Leviticus 25:53

As a servant hired year by year, shall he be with him, he shall not rule over him with rigour, before thine eyes.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 [there is] but a small remainder of years, until the year of the jubilee, then shall he reckon to himself, according to the years thereof, shall he return his price of redemption.

54But if he be not redeemed in any of these ways, then shall he go out in the jubilee year, he, and his sons with him.

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:46and ye may take them as an inheritance for your sons after you to inherit as a possession, unto times age-abiding, of them, may ye take to be bondmen,—but, over your brethren the sons of Israel—a man over his brother, ye shall not rule, over him with rigour.

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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