Thematic Bible
Leviticus 25:1 (show verse)
The Lord spoke to Moses at Mount Sinai, saying,
Leviticus 25:2 (show verse)
“Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘When you come into the land which I am giving you, then the land shall keep a Sabbath to the Lord.
Leviticus 25:3 (show verse)
For six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its crop.
Leviticus 25:4 (show verse)
But in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of rest for the land, a Sabbath to the Lord; you shall not sow [seed in] your field nor prune your vineyard.
Feast of sabbatical year » Kept every seventh year
Feast of sabbatical year » Enactments respecting » Cessation » Labor
Holiday » One year in seven
Holy land » A sabbath of rest appointed for
Land » Land measure a cubit = 1824 ft » To rest
Sanitation » Rest commanded
Seed » Mosaic laws respecting » Not to be sown during the sabbatical year
Vineyards » Laws respecting » Not to be cultivated in the sabbatical year
Year » Sabbatic
Years » Remarkable » Sabbatical
Feast of sabbatical year » Enactments respecting » Cessation » Labor
Holiday » One year in seven
Holy land » A sabbath of rest appointed for
Land » Land measure a cubit = 1824 ft » To rest
Sanitation » Rest commanded
Seed » Mosaic laws respecting » Not to be sown during the sabbatical year
Vineyards » Laws respecting » Not to be cultivated in the sabbatical year
Year » Sabbatic
Years » Remarkable » Sabbatical
Leviticus 25:5 (show verse)
Whatever reseeds itself (uncultivated) in your harvest you shall not reap, nor shall you gather the grapes from your uncultivated vine, it shall be a year of sabbatical rest for the land.
Agriculture » Operations in » Reaping, laws concerning
Feast of sabbatical year » Enactments respecting » Cessation » Labor
Harvest » Omitted in the sabbatical year
Holiday » One year in seven
Holy land » A sabbath of rest appointed for
Reaping » Reaping, laws concerning
Reaping » The jews not to reap » During the sabbatical year
Sanitation » Rest commanded
Vineyards » Laws respecting » The spontaneous fruit of, not to be gathered during the sabbatical year
Year » Land to rest for one, in seven
Year » Annual feasts
Feast of sabbatical year » Enactments respecting » Cessation » Labor
Harvest » Omitted in the sabbatical year
Holiday » One year in seven
Holy land » A sabbath of rest appointed for
Reaping » Reaping, laws concerning
Reaping » The jews not to reap » During the sabbatical year
Sanitation » Rest commanded
Vineyards » Laws respecting » The spontaneous fruit of, not to be gathered during the sabbatical year
Year » Land to rest for one, in seven
Year » Annual feasts
Leviticus 25:6 (show verse)
And all of you shall have for food whatever the [untilled] land produces during its Sabbath year; yourself, and your male and female slaves, your hired servant, and the foreigners who reside among you,
Leviticus 25:7 (show verse)
even your domestic animals and the [wild] animals that are in your land shall have all its crops to eat.
Leviticus 25:8 (show verse)
‘You are also to count off seven Sabbaths of years for yourself, seven times seven years, so that you have the time of the seven Sabbaths of years, namely, forty-nine years.
Leviticus 25:9 (show verse)
Then you shall sound the ram’s horn everywhere on the tenth day of the seventh month (almost October); on the Day of Atonement you shall sound the trumpet throughout your land.
Atonement » Day of » Time of
The day of atonement » Year of jubilee commenced on
Emancipation » Of all jewish servants at the time of jubilee
Ethanim » Jubilee proclaimed on the tenth day of
Feast of jubilee » Proclaimed by trumpets
Feast of jubilee » Began upon the day of atonement
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Month » Ethanim (october) » Jubilee proclaimed in
Sanitation » Rest commanded
Trumpet » The jubilee introduced by blowing of
Trumpet » At the jubilee
The day of atonement » Year of jubilee commenced on
Emancipation » Of all jewish servants at the time of jubilee
Ethanim » Jubilee proclaimed on the tenth day of
Feast of jubilee » Proclaimed by trumpets
Feast of jubilee » Began upon the day of atonement
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Month » Ethanim (october) » Jubilee proclaimed in
Sanitation » Rest commanded
Trumpet » The jubilee introduced by blowing of
Trumpet » At the jubilee
Leviticus 25:10 (show verse)
And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim freedom [for the slaves] throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a Jubilee (year of remission) for you, and each of you shall return to his own [ancestral] property [that was sold to another because of poverty], and each of you shall return to his family [from whom he was separated by bondage].
Civil liberty » General references to civil
Emancipation » Of hebrew servants
Emancipation » Of all jewish servants at the time of jubilee
Feast of jubilee » Enactments respecting » Restoration of all inheritances
Feast of jubilee » Held every fiftieth year
Holy land » All inheritances in, inalienable
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Liberty » General references to civil
Liberty » Proclaimed in the year of jubilee
Christian Liberty » Typified
Sanitation » Rest commanded
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servants » Slaves or bond » All israelites sold as, to be free at the jubilee
The Nation » Payment of taxes (tribute) » Civil liberty, general references to
Year » Of jubilee
Emancipation » Of hebrew servants
Emancipation » Of all jewish servants at the time of jubilee
Feast of jubilee » Enactments respecting » Restoration of all inheritances
Feast of jubilee » Held every fiftieth year
Holy land » All inheritances in, inalienable
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Liberty » General references to civil
Liberty » Proclaimed in the year of jubilee
Christian Liberty » Typified
Sanitation » Rest commanded
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servants » Slaves or bond » All israelites sold as, to be free at the jubilee
The Nation » Payment of taxes (tribute) » Civil liberty, general references to
Year » Of jubilee
Leviticus 25:11 (show verse)
That fiftieth year shall be a Jubilee for you; you shall not sow [seed], nor reap what reseeds itself, nor gather the grapes of the uncultivated vines.
Emancipation » Of all jewish servants at the time of jubilee
Feast of jubilee » Enactments respecting » Cessation » Labor
Grape » Cultivation of
Harvest » Omitted in year of jubilee
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Christian Liberty » Typified
Reaping » The jews not to reap » During the year of jubilee
Sanitation » Rest commanded
Seed » Mosaic laws respecting » Not to be sown in year of jubilee
Vineyards » Laws respecting » The spontaneous fruit of, not to be gathered during the sabbatical year
Years » Remarkable » Jubilee
Feast of jubilee » Enactments respecting » Cessation » Labor
Grape » Cultivation of
Harvest » Omitted in year of jubilee
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Christian Liberty » Typified
Reaping » The jews not to reap » During the year of jubilee
Sanitation » Rest commanded
Seed » Mosaic laws respecting » Not to be sown in year of jubilee
Vineyards » Laws respecting » The spontaneous fruit of, not to be gathered during the sabbatical year
Years » Remarkable » Jubilee
Leviticus 25:12 (show verse)
For it is the Jubilee; it shall be holy to you; you shall eat its crops out of the field.
Emancipation » Of all jewish servants at the time of jubilee
Feast of jubilee » Enactments respecting » The fruits of the earth to be common property
Feast of jubilee » Was specially holy
Harvest » Omitted in year of jubilee
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Christian Liberty » Typified
Sanitation » Rest commanded
Feast of jubilee » Enactments respecting » The fruits of the earth to be common property
Feast of jubilee » Was specially holy
Harvest » Omitted in year of jubilee
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Christian Liberty » Typified
Sanitation » Rest commanded
Leviticus 25:13 (show verse)
‘In this Year of Jubilee each of you shall return to his own [ancestral] property.
Leviticus 25:14 (show verse)
If you sell anything to your friend or buy from your friend, you shall not wrong one another.
Leviticus 25:15 (show verse)
According to the number of years after the Jubilee, you shall buy from your friend. And he is to sell to you according to the number of years of crops [which may be harvested before you must restore the property to him].
Creditor » Laws concerning
Debtor » Laws concerning
Emancipation » Of all jewish servants at the time of jubilee
Feast of jubilee » Sale of property calculated from
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Land » Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
Christian Liberty » Typified
Time » Eras from which, computed » The jubilee
Debtor » Laws concerning
Emancipation » Of all jewish servants at the time of jubilee
Feast of jubilee » Sale of property calculated from
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Land » Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
Christian Liberty » Typified
Time » Eras from which, computed » The jubilee
Leviticus 25:16 (show verse)
If the years [until the next Jubilee] are many, you shall increase the price, but if the years remaining are few, you shall reduce the price, because it is the number of crops that he is selling to you.
Leviticus 25:17 (show verse)
You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God [with profound reverence]; for I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 25:18 (show verse)
‘Therefore you shall carry out My statutes and keep My ordinances and do them, so that you may live securely on the land.
Leviticus 25:19 (show verse)
Then the land will yield its produce, so that you can eat your fill and live securely on it.
Leviticus 25:20 (show verse)
And if you say, “What are we going to eat in the seventh year if we do not sow [seed] or gather in our crops?”
Leviticus 25:21 (show verse)
then [this is My answer:] I will order My [special] blessing for you in the sixth year, so that it will produce [sufficient] crops for three years.
Leviticus 25:22 (show verse)
When you are sowing the eighth year, you can still eat old things from the crops, eating the old until the ninth year when its crop comes in.
Leviticus 25:23 (show verse)
‘The land shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; you are [only] foreigners and temporary residents with Me.
Agriculture or husbandry » Was promoted amongst the jews, by » The rights of redemption
Feast of jubilee » Enactments respecting » Redemption of sold property
God » Ownership of » Of the natural world
Holy land » All inheritances in, inalienable
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Land » Belongs to God
Land » Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
Land » Original title to, from God
divine Ownership » Of the natural world
Real estate » Land reverts to original owner in the year of jubilee
Titles and names of saints » Sojourners with God
Feast of jubilee » Enactments respecting » Redemption of sold property
God » Ownership of » Of the natural world
Holy land » All inheritances in, inalienable
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Land » Belongs to God
Land » Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
Land » Original title to, from God
divine Ownership » Of the natural world
Real estate » Land reverts to original owner in the year of jubilee
Titles and names of saints » Sojourners with God
Leviticus 25:24 (show verse)
So in all the country that you possess, you are to provide for the redemption of the land [in the Year of Jubilee].
Leviticus 25:25 (show verse)
‘If a fellow countryman of yours becomes so poor he has to sell some of his property, then his nearest relative is to come and buy back (redeem) what his relative has sold.
Agriculture or husbandry » Was promoted amongst the jews, by » The rights of redemption
Debtor » Laws concerning
Feast of jubilee » Enactments respecting » Redemption of sold property
Homestead » When alienable, and when inalienable
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Land » Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
Redemption » Of persons or property
Debtor » Laws concerning
Feast of jubilee » Enactments respecting » Redemption of sold property
Homestead » When alienable, and when inalienable
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Land » Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
Redemption » Of persons or property
Leviticus 25:26 (show verse)
Or in case a man has no relative [to redeem his property], but he has become more prosperous and has enough to buy it back,
Agriculture or husbandry » Was promoted amongst the jews, by » The rights of redemption
Debtor » Laws concerning
Feast of jubilee » Enactments respecting » Redemption of sold property
Homestead » When alienable, and when inalienable
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Land » Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
Redemption » Of persons or property
Debtor » Laws concerning
Feast of jubilee » Enactments respecting » Redemption of sold property
Homestead » When alienable, and when inalienable
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Land » Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
Redemption » Of persons or property
Leviticus 25:27 (show verse)
then he shall calculate the years since its sale and refund the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and so return to his [ancestral] property.
Agriculture or husbandry » Was promoted amongst the jews, by » The rights of redemption
Debtor » Laws concerning
Feast of jubilee » Enactments respecting » Redemption of sold property
Homestead » When alienable, and when inalienable
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Land » Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
Redemption » God the author of » Of land and persons
Redemption » Of persons or property
Debtor » Laws concerning
Feast of jubilee » Enactments respecting » Redemption of sold property
Homestead » When alienable, and when inalienable
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Land » Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
Redemption » God the author of » Of land and persons
Redemption » Of persons or property
Leviticus 25:28 (show verse)
But if he is unable to redeem it, then what he has sold shall remain in the hands of the purchaser until the Year of Jubilee; but at the Jubilee it shall revert, and he may return to his property.
Leviticus 25:29 (show verse)
‘If a man sells a house in a walled city, then his right of redemption remains valid for a full year after its sale; his right of redemption lasts a full year.
Leviticus 25:30 (show verse)
But if it is not redeemed for him within a full year, then the house that is in the walled city passes permanently and irrevocably to the purchaser throughout his generations. It does not revert back in the Year of Jubilee.
Debtor » Laws concerning
Feast of jubilee » Houses » Wall cities
Homestead » When alienable, and when inalienable
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Land » Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
Property » In real estate » Dwellings » Alienated for debt
Redemption » Of persons or property
Year » Redemption of houses sold, limited to one
Feast of jubilee » Houses » Wall cities
Homestead » When alienable, and when inalienable
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Land » Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
Property » In real estate » Dwellings » Alienated for debt
Redemption » Of persons or property
Year » Redemption of houses sold, limited to one
Leviticus 25:31 (show verse)
The houses of the villages that have no surrounding walls, however, shall be considered as open fields. They may be redeemed, and revert in the Year of Jubilee.
Debtor » Laws concerning
Homestead » When alienable, and when inalienable
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Land » Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
Property » In real estate » Dwellings » In villages, inalienable
Redemption » Of persons or property
Walls » Small towns and villages were not surrounded by
Homestead » When alienable, and when inalienable
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Land » Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
Property » In real estate » Dwellings » In villages, inalienable
Redemption » Of persons or property
Walls » Small towns and villages were not surrounded by
Leviticus 25:32 (show verse)
As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites have a permanent right of redemption for the houses in the cities which they possess.
Cities » Different kinds of » Levitical
Debtor » Laws concerning
Homestead » When alienable, and when inalienable
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Land » Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
Levites » Suburbs of their cities were inalienable for debt
Priest » Benefits of » Provided with cities and suburbs
Property » In real estate » Dwellings » In villages, inalienable
Redemption » Of persons or property
Debtor » Laws concerning
Homestead » When alienable, and when inalienable
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Land » Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
Levites » Suburbs of their cities were inalienable for debt
Priest » Benefits of » Provided with cities and suburbs
Property » In real estate » Dwellings » In villages, inalienable
Redemption » Of persons or property
Leviticus 25:33 (show verse)
Therefore, what is [purchased] from the Levites may be redeemed [by a Levite], and the house that was sold in the city they possess reverts in the Year of Jubilee, for the houses in the Levite cities are their [ancestral] property among the Israelites.
Cities » Different kinds of » Levitical
Debtor » Laws concerning
Homestead » When alienable, and when inalienable
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Land » Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
Levites » Suburbs of their cities were inalienable for debt
Priest » Benefits of » Provided with cities and suburbs
Property » In real estate » Dwellings » In villages, inalienable
Real estate » Land reverts to original owner in the year of jubilee
Redemption » Of persons or property
Debtor » Laws concerning
Homestead » When alienable, and when inalienable
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Land » Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
Levites » Suburbs of their cities were inalienable for debt
Priest » Benefits of » Provided with cities and suburbs
Property » In real estate » Dwellings » In villages, inalienable
Real estate » Land reverts to original owner in the year of jubilee
Redemption » Of persons or property
Leviticus 25:34 (show verse)
But the pasture lands of their cities may not be sold, for that is their permanent possession.
Leviticus 25:35 (show verse)
‘Now if your fellow countryman becomes poor and his hand falters with you [that is, he has trouble repaying you for something], then you are to help and sustain him, [with courtesy and consideration] like [you would] a stranger or a temporary resident [without property], so that he may live among you.
Alms » Almsgiving, general advice concerning
Alms » Commandments and practices concerning
Almsgiving » General advice concerning
Creditor » Laws concerning
Debtor » Laws concerning
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Liberality » Should be exercised » Toward strangers
Love to man » Should be exhibited in » Relieving strangers
Missionaries » In visiting and relieving the poor, the sick, &c
Philanthropy » General advice concerning
The poor » Relieve
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Social duties » Almsgiving, general advice concerning
Strangers » Kindness to the poor of, required
Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » To be relieved in distress
Usury » Forbidden
Usury » Not laying usury upon your brother
Usury or interest » The jews » Forbidden to take, from brethren specially when poor
Alms » Commandments and practices concerning
Almsgiving » General advice concerning
Creditor » Laws concerning
Debtor » Laws concerning
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Liberality » Should be exercised » Toward strangers
Love to man » Should be exhibited in » Relieving strangers
Missionaries » In visiting and relieving the poor, the sick, &c
Philanthropy » General advice concerning
The poor » Relieve
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Social duties » Almsgiving, general advice concerning
Strangers » Kindness to the poor of, required
Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » To be relieved in distress
Usury » Forbidden
Usury » Not laying usury upon your brother
Usury or interest » The jews » Forbidden to take, from brethren specially when poor
Leviticus 25:36 (show verse)
Do not charge him usurious interest, but fear your God [with profound reverence], so your countryman may [continue to] live among you.
Business life » Debts » Usury, forbidden
Credit system » Debts » Usury, forbidden
Creditor » Laws concerning
Creditors » Prohibited from » Exacting usury from brethren
Debtor » Laws concerning
Interest » loaning » Money
Jubilee » Laws concerning
The poor » Take no usury from
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Strangers » Kindness to the poor of, required
Usury » Forbidden
Usury » Not laying usury upon your brother
Usury or interest » The jews » Forbidden to take, from brethren specially when poor
Credit system » Debts » Usury, forbidden
Creditor » Laws concerning
Creditors » Prohibited from » Exacting usury from brethren
Debtor » Laws concerning
Interest » loaning » Money
Jubilee » Laws concerning
The poor » Take no usury from
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Strangers » Kindness to the poor of, required
Usury » Forbidden
Usury » Not laying usury upon your brother
Usury or interest » The jews » Forbidden to take, from brethren specially when poor
Leviticus 25:37 (show verse)
You shall not give him your money at interest, nor your food at a profit.
Creditor » Laws concerning
Creditors » Prohibited from » Exacting usury from brethren
Debtor » Laws concerning
Interest » loaning » Money
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Money » Jews forbidden to take usury for
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Strangers » Kindness to the poor of, required
Usury » Forbidden
Usury » Not laying usury upon your brother
Usury or interest » The jews » Forbidden to take, from brethren specially when poor
Usury or interest » The lending of money or other property for increase
Creditors » Prohibited from » Exacting usury from brethren
Debtor » Laws concerning
Interest » loaning » Money
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Money » Jews forbidden to take usury for
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Strangers » Kindness to the poor of, required
Usury » Forbidden
Usury » Not laying usury upon your brother
Usury or interest » The jews » Forbidden to take, from brethren specially when poor
Usury or interest » The lending of money or other property for increase
Leviticus 25:38 (show verse)
I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.
Leviticus 25:39 (show verse)
‘And if your fellow countryman becomes so poor [in his dealings] with you that he sells himself to you [as payment for a debt], you shall not let him do the work of a slave [who is ineligible for redemption],
Debtor » Laws concerning
Jubilee » Laws concerning
The poor » Rule not, with rigor
Servant » Hired » Unclassified scriptures relating to
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servant » Bond » Defaulting debtors made
Servants » Slaves or bond » When israelites not to be treated with rigor
Servants » Hired » Hebrew slaves serving their brethren to be treated as
Jubilee » Laws concerning
The poor » Rule not, with rigor
Servant » Hired » Unclassified scriptures relating to
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servant » Bond » Defaulting debtors made
Servants » Slaves or bond » When israelites not to be treated with rigor
Servants » Hired » Hebrew slaves serving their brethren to be treated as
Leviticus 25:40 (show verse)
but he is to be with you as a hired man, as if he were a temporary resident; he shall serve with you until the Year of Jubilee,
Debtor » Laws concerning
Feast of jubilee » Enactments respecting » Release of hebrew servants
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Servant » Hired » Unclassified scriptures relating to
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servants » Slaves or bond » All israelites sold as, to be free at the jubilee
Servants » Slaves or bond » When israelites not to be treated with rigor
Servants » Hired » Hebrew slaves serving their brethren to be treated as
Feast of jubilee » Enactments respecting » Release of hebrew servants
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Servant » Hired » Unclassified scriptures relating to
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servants » Slaves or bond » All israelites sold as, to be free at the jubilee
Servants » Slaves or bond » When israelites not to be treated with rigor
Servants » Hired » Hebrew slaves serving their brethren to be treated as
Leviticus 25:41 (show verse)
and then he shall leave you, he and his children with him, and shall go back to his own family and return to the property of his fathers.
Leviticus 25:42 (show verse)
For the Israelites are My servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold in a slave sale.
Leviticus 25:43 (show verse)
You shall not rule over him with harshness (severity, oppression), but you are to fear your God [with profound reverence].
Leviticus 25:44 (show verse)
As for your male and female slaves whom you may have—you may acquire male and female slaves from the pagan nations that are around you.
Aliens » Jews authorized to purchase, as slaves
Gentiles » The jews » Permitted to have, as servants
the Heathen » Degradation of
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servants » Slaves or bond » Persons belonging to other nations might be purchased as
Strangers » Mosaic law relating to » Authorized bondservice of
Strangers in israel » Chiefly consisted of » Foreign servants
Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » The jews might purchase and have them as slaves
Gentiles » The jews » Permitted to have, as servants
the Heathen » Degradation of
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servants » Slaves or bond » Persons belonging to other nations might be purchased as
Strangers » Mosaic law relating to » Authorized bondservice of
Strangers in israel » Chiefly consisted of » Foreign servants
Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » The jews might purchase and have them as slaves
Leviticus 25:45 (show verse)
Moreover, from the children of the strangers who live as aliens among you, from them you may buy slaves and from their families who are with you, whom they have produced in your land; they may become your possession.
Aliens » Jews authorized to purchase, as slaves
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servants » Slaves or bond » Strangers sojourning in israel might be purchased as
Strangers » Mosaic law relating to » Authorized bondservice of
Strangers in israel » Chiefly consisted of » Foreign servants
Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » The jews might purchase and have them as slaves
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servants » Slaves or bond » Strangers sojourning in israel might be purchased as
Strangers » Mosaic law relating to » Authorized bondservice of
Strangers in israel » Chiefly consisted of » Foreign servants
Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » The jews might purchase and have them as slaves
Leviticus 25:46 (show verse)
You may even bequeath them as an inheritance to your children after you, to receive as a possession; you can use them as permanent slaves. But in respect to your fellow countrymen, the children of Israel, you shall not rule over one another with harshness (severity, oppression).
Leviticus 25:47 (show verse)
‘Now if the financial means of a stranger or temporary resident among you become sufficient, and your fellow countryman becomes poor in comparison to him and sells himself to the stranger who is living among you or to the descendants of the stranger’s family,
Debtor » Laws concerning
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Redemption » Typified » Bond-servant
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servant » Bond » Voluntary servitude of
Servants » Hired » Hebrew slaves serving strangers to be treated as
Servants » Slaves or bond » Israelites sold to strangers as, might be redeemed by their nearest of kin
Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » Might purchase hebrew servants subject to release
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Redemption » Typified » Bond-servant
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servant » Bond » Voluntary servitude of
Servants » Hired » Hebrew slaves serving strangers to be treated as
Servants » Slaves or bond » Israelites sold to strangers as, might be redeemed by their nearest of kin
Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » Might purchase hebrew servants subject to release
Leviticus 25:48 (show verse)
then after he is sold he shall have the right of redemption. One of his relatives may redeem him:
Debtor » Laws concerning
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Redemption » Typified » Bond-servant
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servants » Slaves or bond » Israelites sold to strangers as, might be redeemed by their nearest of kin
Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » Might purchase hebrew servants subject to release
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Redemption » Typified » Bond-servant
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servants » Slaves or bond » Israelites sold to strangers as, might be redeemed by their nearest of kin
Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » Might purchase hebrew servants subject to release
Leviticus 25:49 (show verse)
either his uncle or his uncle’s son may redeem him, or one of his blood relatives from his family may redeem him; or if he prospers, he may redeem himself.
Leviticus 25:50 (show verse)
Then he [or his redeemer] shall calculate with his purchaser from the year when he sold himself to the purchaser to the Year of Jubilee, and the [original] price of his sale shall be adjusted according to the number of years. The time he was with his owner shall be considered as that of a hired man.
Leviticus 25:51 (show verse)
If there are still many years [before the Year of Jubilee], in proportion to them he must refund [to the purchaser] part of the price of his sale for his redemption and release.
Leviticus 25:52 (show verse)
And if only a few years remain until the Year of Jubilee, he shall so calculate it with him. He is to refund the proportionate amount for his release.
Leviticus 25:53 (show verse)
Like a man hired year by year he shall deal with him; he shall not rule over him with harshness in your sight.
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Leviticus 25:54 (show verse)
Even if he is not redeemed during these years and under these provisions, then he shall go free in the Year of Jubilee, he and his children with him.
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Leviticus 25:55 (show verse)
For the children of Israel are My servants; My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.