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Leviticus 25:54

52 If only a few years remain until the Year of Jubilee, he is to calculate and pay his redemption according to his remaining years.

53 He shall be treated like a man hired from year to year, but a foreign owner must not rule over him harshly in your sight.

Even if he is not redeemed in any of these ways, he and his children shall be released in the Year of Jubilee.

55 For the Israelites are My servants. They are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Even if he is not redeemed in any of these ways, he and his children shall be released in the Year of Jubilee.
KJV
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.
WEB
If he isn’t redeemed by these means, then he shall be released in the Year of Jubilee: he and his children with him.
ASV
And if he be not redeemed by these [means], then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, he, and his children with him.
DARBY
And if he be not redeemed in this manner, then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, he and his children with him.
BLB
And if he is not redeemed in these [years], then he shall be released in the Year of the Jubilee—he and his children with him.
ÅB
Men dersom han ikke løses ut på en av disse måter, da skal han bli fri i jubelåret, både han og hans barn.
OTB
"'Selv om noen ikke blir innløst på disse måtene, skal de og deres barn løslates i jubelåret,
B1930
Men dersom han ikke løses ut på en av disse måter, da skal han bli fri i jubelåret, både han og hans barn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 21:2–3

    If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything.

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  • Isaiah 52:3

    For this is what the LORD says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.”

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  • Isaiah 49:25

    Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the plunder of the tyrant will be retrieved; I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.

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  • Leviticus 25:40–41

    Let him stay with you as a hired worker or temporary resident; he is to work for you until the Year of Jubilee.

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  • Isaiah 49:9

    to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.

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