Leviticus 25:50

Easy To Read Version

“How do you decide the price? You must count the years from the time he sold himself to the foreigner up to the next year of Jubilee. [438] Use that number to decide the price. Why? Because really the person only ‘hired’ him for a few years!

Cross References

Job 14:6

So God, stop watching us.\par Leave us alone.\par Let us enjoy our hard life\par until our time is finished.\par

Isaiah 16:14

And now the Lord says, “In three years (the way a hired helper counts time) all those people and the things they are proud of will be gone. There will be a few people left, but there will not be many.”

Isaiah 21:16

The Lord, my Master, told me those things would happen. The Lord said, “In one year, (the way a hired helper counts time) all Kedar’s {\cf2\super [211]} glory will be gone.

Leviticus 25:28

But if this person can’t find enough money to get the land back for himself, then what he has sold will stay in the hands of the person who bought it until the year of Jubilee. [427] Then during that special celebration, the land will go back {to the first owner’s family}. So the property will again belong to the right family.

Leviticus 25:40

He will be like a hired worker and a visitor with you until the year of Jubilee. [434]

Leviticus 25:49

Or his uncle or his cousin can buy him back. Or one of his close relatives from his family can buy him back. Or if the person gets enough money, he can pay the money himself {and become free again}.

Leviticus 25:51

If there are still many years {before the year of Jubilee}, then the person must give back a large part of the price. It all depends on the numbers of years.

Leviticus 25:53

But that person will live like a hired man with the foreigner every year. Don’t let the foreigner be a cruel master over that person.

Deuteronomy 15:18

“Don’t feel bad about letting your slave go free. Remember, he served you six years at only half the money you would have paid a hired person. The Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.