Leviticus 25:40

But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with you, and shall serve you unto the year of jubile.

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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

39And if your brother that dwells by you be becoming poor, and be sold unto you; you shall not compel him to serve as a bondservant:

41And then shall he depart from you, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.

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Cross References

Exodus 21:2If you buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

Deuteronomy 15:12And if your brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto you, and serve you six years; then in the seventh year you shall 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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