Leviticus 25:50

The Scriptures 2009

‘And he shall reckon with him who bought him: The price of his release shall be according to the number of years, from the year that he was sold to him until the Year of Yoḇel; as the days of a hired servant it is with him.

Cross References

Job 14:6

Look away from him and let him rest, till like a hired man he enjoys his day.

Isaiah 16:14

But now יהוה has spoken, saying, “Within three years, as the years of a hired man, the esteem of Mo’aḇ is to be despised with all its great throng, and the remnant be few, small and weak.”

Isaiah 21:16

For thus יהוה has said to me, “Within a year, according to the year of a hired man, all the esteem of Qĕḏar shall come to an end,

Leviticus 25:28

‘And if his hand has not found enough to give back to him, then what was sold shall remain in the hand of him who bought it until the Year of Yoḇel. And it shall be released in the Yoḇel, and he shall return to his possession.

Leviticus 25:40

‘But as a hired servant, as a settler he is with you, and serves you until the Year of Yoḇel.

Leviticus 25:49

or his uncle or his uncle’s son does redeem him, or anyone who is a close relative to him in his clan does redeem him, or if he is able, then he shall redeem himself.

Leviticus 25:51

‘If there are yet many years, according to them he repays the price of his redemption, from the silver of his purchase.

Leviticus 25:53

‘He is with him as a yearly hired servant, and he does not rule with harshness over him before your eyes.

Deuteronomy 15:18

“Let it not be hard in your eyes when you send him away free from you, for he has been worth a double hired servant in serving you six years. And יהוה your Elohim shall bless you in all that you do.