Leviticus 25:50

New Century Version

“ ‘He and the one who bought him must count the time from when he sold himself up to the next year of Jubilee. Use that number to decide the price, because the person really only hired himself out for a certain number of years.

Cross References

Job 14:6

So look away from us and leave us alone until we put in our time like a laborer.

Isaiah 16:14

Now the Lord says, “In three years all those people and what they take pride in will be hated. (This is three years as a hired helper would count time.) There will be a few people left, but they will be weak.”

Isaiah 21:16

This is what the Lord said to me: “In one year all the glory of the country of Kedar will be gone. (This is a year as a hired helper counts time.)

Leviticus 25:28

But if there is not enough money to buy it back, the one who bought it will keep it until the year of Jubilee. During that celebration, the land will go back to the first owner’s family.

Leviticus 25:40

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

Leviticus 25:49

His uncle, his uncle’s son, or any one of his close relatives may buy him back. Or, if he gets enough money, he may pay the money to free himself.

Leviticus 25:51

If there are still many years before the year of Jubilee, the person must pay back a large part of the price.

Leviticus 25:53

But he will live like a hired person with the foreigner every year; don’t let the foreigner rule cruelly over him.

Deuteronomy 15:18

Do not think of it as a hard thing when you let your slaves go free. After all, they served you six years and did twice the work of a hired person. The Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.