Leviticus 25:53 — Meaning and Application

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.”

Leviticus 25:53

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If {there be} yet many years {behind}, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.

And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with him, {and} according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption.

{And} as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: {and the other} shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.

And if he be not redeemed in these {years}, then he shall go out in the year of jubile, {both} he, and his children with him. {in these...: or, by these means}

For unto me the children of Israel {are} servants; they {are} my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I {am} the LORD your God.

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Leviticus 25:1

"And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,"

Leviticus 25:2

"Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD. {keep: Heb. rest}"

Leviticus 25:3

"Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;"

Leviticus 25:4

"But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard."

Leviticus 25:5

"That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: {for} it is a year of rest unto the land. {of thy vine...: Heb. of thy separation}"

Leviticus 25:6

"And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee,"

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