Verse 40

Leviticus 25:40

World English Bible, British Edition

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40 As a hired servant, and as a temporary resident, he shall be with you; he shall serve with you until the Year of Jubilee.

Original Language Text

hebrew

כְּ/שָׂכִ֥יר כְּ/תוֹשָׁ֖ב יִהְיֶ֣ה עִמָּ֑/ךְ עַד שְׁנַ֥ת הַ/יֹּבֵ֖ל יַעֲבֹ֥ד עִמָּֽ/ךְ

English Translation

As a hired worker or resident alien, he shall be with you until the year of the Jubilee; he shall work with you.

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Chapter 25 Context

1 The LORD said to Moses on Mount Sinai, Focus ↗

2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you come into the land which I give you, then... Focus ↗

3 You shall sow your field six years, and you shall prune your vineyard six years, and gather in its f... Focus ↗

4 but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to the LORD.... Focus ↗

5 What grows of itself in your harvest you shall not reap, and you shall not gather the grapes of your... Focus ↗

6 The Sabbath of the land shall be for food for you; for yourself, for your servant, for your maid, fo... Focus ↗

7 For your livestock also, and for the animals that are in your land, shall all its increase be for fo... Focus ↗

8 “‘You shall count off seven Sabbaths of years, seven times seven years; and there shall be to you th... Focus ↗

9 Then you shall sound the loud trumpet on the tenth day of the seventh month. On the Day of Atonement... Focus ↗

10 You shall make the fiftieth year holy, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitan... Focus ↗

11 That fiftieth year shall be a jubilee to you. In it you shall not sow, neither reap that which grows... Focus ↗

12 For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy to you. You shall eat of its increase out of the field. Focus ↗

13 “‘In this Year of Jubilee each of you shall return to his property. Focus ↗

14 “‘If you sell anything to your neighbour, or buy from your neighbour, you shall not wrong one anothe... Focus ↗

15 According to the number of years after the Jubilee you shall buy from your neighbour. According to t... Focus ↗

16 According to the length of the years you shall increase its price, and according to the shortness of... Focus ↗

17 You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God (Elohim); for I am the LORD your God (E... Focus ↗

18 “‘Therefore you shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances and do them; and you shall dwell in the... Focus ↗

19 The land shall yield its fruit, and you shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety. Focus ↗

20 If you said, “What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increa... Focus ↗

21 then I will command my blessing on you in the sixth year, and it shall bear fruit for the three year... Focus ↗

22 You shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits from the old store until the ninth year. Until... Focus ↗

23 “‘The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; for you are strangers and live as... Focus ↗

24 In all the land of your possession you shall grant a redemption for the land. Focus ↗

25 “‘If your brother becomes poor, and sells some of his possessions, then his kinsman who is next to h... Focus ↗

26 If a man has no one to redeem it, and he becomes prosperous and finds sufficient means to redeem it, Focus ↗

27 then let him reckon the years since its sale, and restore the surplus to the man to whom he sold it;... Focus ↗

28 But if he isn’t able to get it back for himself, then what he has sold shall remain in the hand of h... Focus ↗

29 “‘If a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after... Focus ↗

30 If it isn’t redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shal... Focus ↗

31 But the houses of the villages which have no wall around them shall be accounted for with the fields... Focus ↗

32 “‘Nevertheless, in the cities of the Levites, the Levites may redeem the houses in the cities of the... Focus ↗

33 The Levites may redeem the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, and it shall be rele... Focus ↗

34 But the field of the pasture lands of their cities may not be sold, for it is their perpetual posses... Focus ↗

35 “‘If your brother has become poor, and his hand can’t support himself amongst you, then you shall up... Focus ↗

36 Take no interest from him or profit; but fear your God (Elohim), that your brother may live amongst... Focus ↗

37 You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit. Focus ↗

38 I am the LORD your God (Elohim), who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of C... Focus ↗

39 “‘If your brother has grown poor amongst you, and sells himself to you, you shall not make him to se... Focus ↗

40 As a hired servant, and as a temporary resident, he shall be with you; he shall serve with you until...

41 Then he shall go out from you, he and his children with him, and shall return to his own family, and... Focus ↗

42 For they are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. They shall not be sold as slaves. Focus ↗

43 You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God (Elohim). Focus ↗

44 “‘As for your male and your female slaves, whom you may have from the nations that are around you, f... Focus ↗

45 Moreover, of the children of the aliens who live amongst you, of them you may buy, and of their fami... Focus ↗

46 You may make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession. Of them you... Focus ↗

47 “‘If an alien or temporary resident with you becomes rich, and your brother beside him has grown poo... Focus ↗

48 after he is sold he may be redeemed. One of his brothers may redeem him; Focus ↗

49 or his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or any who is a close relative to him of his famil... Focus ↗

50 He shall reckon with him who bought him from the year that he sold himself to him to the Year of Jub... Focus ↗

51 If there are yet many years, according to them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of... Focus ↗

52 If there remain but a few years to the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according to... Focus ↗

53 As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him. He shall not rule with harshness over him in y... Focus ↗

54 If he isn’t redeemed by these means, then he shall be released in the Year of Jubilee: he and his ch... Focus ↗

55 For to me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought out of the land o... Focus ↗

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Book: Leviticus
Chapter: Chapter 25 (55 verses)
Version: World English Bible, British Edition

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