1.
And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,
Exodus 19:1, Numbers 1:1, Numbers 10:11, Numbers 10:12, Galatians 4:24, Galatians 4:25
Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:46 - General Numbers 3:1 - spake Galatians 4:10 - General
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.
When ye: Leviticus 14:34, Deuteronomy 32:8, Deuteronomy 32:49, Deuteronomy 34:4, Psalms 24:1, Psalms 24:2, Psalms 115:16, Isaiah 8:8, Jeremiah 27:5
keep: Heb. rest, Leviticus 23:32, *marg.
a sabbath: Leviticus 26:34, Leviticus 26:35, Exodus 23:10, 2 Chronicles 36:21
Reciprocal: Genesis 2:3 - blessed Exodus 23:11 - the seventh Exodus 31:13 - Verily Leviticus 23:14 - eat Numbers 15:2 - General Numbers 35:10 - General Deuteronomy 15:1 - General
3.
Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;
Reciprocal: Genesis 2:3 - blessed Exodus 23:10 - six years Leviticus 23:14 - eat
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 25:20-23, Leviticus 26:34, Leviticus 26:35, Leviticus 26:43, Exodus 23:10, Exodus 23:11, 2 Chronicles 36:21
Reciprocal: Leviticus 16:31 - General Leviticus 25:21 - three years 2 Kings 19:29 - Ye shall eat Nehemiah 10:31 - and that we Isaiah 37:30 - Ye shall Ezekiel 20:12 - I gave
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.
groweth: 2 Kings 19:29, Isaiah 37:30
thy vine undressed: Heb. the separation
Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:11 - ye shall
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,
Exodus 23:11, Acts 2:44, Acts 4:32, Acts 4:34, Acts 4:35
Reciprocal: Leviticus 19:10 - thou shalt Leviticus 25:12 - General
7.
And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.
Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:12 - General
8.
And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.
Leviticus 23:15, Genesis 2:2
Reciprocal: Leviticus 4:6 - seven times Leviticus 25:21 - three years Joshua 6:4 - seven times Daniel 9:24 - Seventy weeks Luke 4:19 - General
9.
Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.
jubilee: Leviticus 25:10-12, Leviticus 27:17, Leviticus 27:24, Numbers 36:4
of the jubilee to sound: Heb. loud of sound, Numbers 10:10, Psalms 89:15, Acts 13:38, Acts 13:39, Romans 10:18, Romans 15:19, 2 Corinthians 5:19-21, 1 Thessalonians 1:8
the day: Leviticus 16:20, Leviticus 16:30, Leviticus 23:24, Leviticus 23:27
Reciprocal: Joshua 6:4 - trumpets of rams' Judges 7:8 - trumpets Isaiah 27:13 - the great Isaiah 61:2 - the acceptable
10.
And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
proclaim: Exodus 20:2, Ezra 1:3, Psalms 146:7, Isaiah 49:9, Isaiah 49:24, Isaiah 49:25, Isaiah 61:1-3, Isaiah 63:4, Jeremiah 34:8, Jeremiah 34:13-17, Zechariah 9:11, Zechariah 9:12, Luke 1:74, Luke 4:16-21, John 8:32-36, Romans 6:17, Romans 6:18, 2 Corinthians 3:17, Galatians 4:25-31, Galatians 5:1, Galatians 5:13, 1 Peter 2:16, 2 Peter 2:19, 2 Peter 2:20
every man: Leviticus 25:13, Leviticus 25:26-28, Leviticus 25:33, Leviticus 25:34, Leviticus 27:17-24
ye shall return: Numbers 36:2-9
Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:9 - jubilee Leviticus 25:23 - The land Leviticus 25:41 - shall return Leviticus 26:34 - General Leviticus 27:21 - when Leviticus 27:22 - his possession Numbers 10:10 - in the day Numbers 36:4 - General Ezekiel 46:17 - to the year
11.
A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed.
A jubilee: Respecting the literal meaning of the word יובל, yobel, or yovel, critics are not agreed. The most natural derivation of the word seems to be from הוביל, hovil, the Hiphil form of יבל, yaval, to recall, restore, or bring back, because this year restored all slaves to their liberty, and brought back all alienated estates to their primitive owners. Accordingly the LXX render it here בצוףיע, a "remission"; and Josephus says it signifies וכוץטוסיבם, liberty. Leviticus 27:17
ye shall: Leviticus 25:5-7
Reciprocal: Exodus 23:11 - the seventh Joshua 6:4 - trumpets of rams'
12.
For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.
Leviticus 25:6, Leviticus 25:7
Reciprocal: Exodus 16:22 - General Exodus 23:11 - the seventh
13.
In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.
Leviticus 25:10, Leviticus 27:17-24, Numbers 36:4
Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:28 - and in the Galatians 4:10 - General
14.
And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
Leviticus 25:17, Leviticus 19:13, Deuteronomy 16:19, Deuteronomy 16:20, Judges 4:3, 1 Samuel 12:3, 1 Samuel 12:4, 2 Chronicles 16:10, Nehemiah 9:36, Nehemiah 9:37, Job 20:19, Job 20:20, Psalms 10:18, Proverbs 14:31, Proverbs 21:13, Proverbs 22:16, Proverbs 28:3, Proverbs 28:8, Proverbs 28:16, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Isaiah 1:17, Isaiah 3:12-15, Isaiah 5:7, Isaiah 33:15, Isaiah 58:6, Jeremiah 22:17, Ezekiel 22:7, Ezekiel 22:12, Ezekiel 22:13, Amos 5:11, Amos 5:12, Amos 8:4-7, Micah 2:2, Micah 2:3, Micah 6:10-12, Micah 7:3, Luke 3:14, 1 Corinthians 6:8, James 5:1-5
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 21:2 - Give me Ezekiel 18:7 - hath not 1 Thessalonians 4:6 - defraud
15.
According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee:
Leviticus 27:18-23, Philippians 4:5
Reciprocal: Numbers 9:14 - General
16.
According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.
Reciprocal: Leviticus 27:18 - General
17.
Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.
shall not: Leviticus 25:14
fear: Leviticus 25:43, Leviticus 19:14, Leviticus 19:32, Genesis 20:11, Genesis 22:12, Genesis 39:9, Genesis 42:18, Exodus 20:20, Deuteronomy 25:18, 1 Samuel 12:24, 2 Chronicles 19:7, Nehemiah 5:9, Nehemiah 5:15, Psalms 19:9, Proverbs 1:7, Jeremiah 22:16, Malachi 3:5, Luke 12:5, Acts 9:31, Acts 10:2, Acts 10:35, Romans 3:18, Romans 11:20
Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:36 - fear 1 Thessalonians 4:6 - defraud
18.
Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
Wherefore: Leviticus 19:37, Psalms 103:18
and ye: Leviticus 26:3-12, Deuteronomy 12:10, Deuteronomy 28:1-14, Deuteronomy 33:12, Deuteronomy 33:28, Psalms 4:8, Proverbs 1:33, Jeremiah 7:3-7, Jeremiah 23:6, Jeremiah 25:5, Jeremiah 33:16, Ezekiel 33:24-26, Ezekiel 33:29, Ezekiel 34:25-28, Ezekiel 36:24-28
Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:5 - dwell Ezekiel 28:26 - and they shall dwell
19.
And the land shall yield her fruit, and he shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
Leviticus 26:5, Psalms 67:6, Psalms 85:12, Isaiah 30:23, Isaiah 65:21, Isaiah 65:22, Ezekiel 34:25-28, Ezekiel 36:30, Joel 2:24, Joel 2:26
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 12:10 - ye dwell Psalms 4:8 - for Ezekiel 28:26 - and they shall dwell
20.
And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:
Numbers 11:4, Numbers 11:13, 2 Kings 6:15-17, 2 Kings 7:2, 2 Chronicles 25:9, Psalms 78:19, Psalms 78:20, Isaiah 1:2, Matthew 6:25-34, Matthew 8:26, Luke 12:29, Philippians 4:6, Hebrews 13:5, Hebrews 13:6
Reciprocal: Exodus 23:11 - the seventh Leviticus 25:4 - General 2 Kings 19:29 - Ye shall eat Isaiah 37:30 - Ye shall Matthew 6:31 - What shall we eat Matthew 6:33 - and all
21.
Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.
I will: As it is here graciously promised, that the sixth year was to bring forth fruits for three years, not merely for two, it is evident that both the sabbatical year and the year of jubilee were distinctly provided for. They were not to sow from the sixth to the eighth year, omitting two seed times; nor reap from the sixth to the ninth, omitting two harvests. No legislator, unless conscious of being divinely commissioned, would have committed himself by enacting such a law as this; nor would any people have submitted to receive it, except in consequence of the fullest conviction that a divine authority had dictated it. It therefore stands as a proof that Moses acted by the express direction of the Almighty, and that the people were fully persuaded of the reality of his divine mission by the miracles he wrought. Genesis 26:12, Genesis 41:47, Exodus 16:29, Deuteronomy 28:3, Deuteronomy 28:8, Psalms 133:3, Proverbs 10:22, 2 Corinthians 9:10
three years: Leviticus 25:4, Leviticus 25:8-11
Reciprocal: Exodus 16:5 - prepare Leviticus 26:4 - the land 2 Chronicles 31:10 - the Lord Psalms 42:8 - command Matthew 6:33 - and all Luke 13:7 - three Hebrews 6:7 - receiveth
22.
And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store.
eighth: 2 Kings 19:29, Isaiah 37:30
old fruit: Joshua 5:11, Joshua 5:12
Reciprocal: Exodus 16:5 - prepare Exodus 16:22 - General Exodus 23:11 - the seventh Leviticus 26:10 - General
23.
The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
The land: Leviticus 25:10, 1 Kings 21:3, Ezekiel 48:14
for ever: or, to be quite cut off, Heb. for cutting off, for the land. Deuteronomy 32:43, 2 Chronicles 7:20, Psalms 24:1, Psalms 85:1, Isaiah 8:8, Hosea 9:3, Joel 2:18, Joel 3:2
for ye are: Genesis 47:9, 1 Chronicles 29:15, Psalms 39:12, Psalms 119:19, Hebrews 11:9-13, 1 Peter 2:11
Reciprocal: Genesis 23:4 - stranger Exodus 21:6 - for ever Leviticus 25:34 - General Numbers 36:4 - General 1 Samuel 1:22 - for ever Jeremiah 32:7 - for Ezekiel 45:1 - ye shall offer
24.
And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.
redemption: Leviticus 25:27, Leviticus 25:31, Leviticus 25:51-53, Romans 8:23, 1 Corinthians 1:30, Ephesians 1:7, Ephesians 1:14, Ephesians 4:30
Reciprocal: Ezekiel 7:13 - the seller
25.
If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.
Ruth 2:20, Ruth 3:2, Ruth 3:9, Ruth 3:12, Ruth 4:4-6, Jeremiah 32:7, Jeremiah 32:8, 2 Corinthians 8:9, Hebrews 2:13, Hebrews 2:14, Revelation 5:9
Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:35 - thy brother Leviticus 25:48 - General Leviticus 27:22 - his possession Numbers 5:8 - have no Numbers 27:11 - kinsman
26.
And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;
himself be able to redeem it: Heb. his hand hath attained, and found sufficiency, Leviticus 5:7, *marg.
Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:10 - every man Leviticus 25:47 - sojourner or stranger wax rich Leviticus 25:49 - or if he be Numbers 5:8 - have no Deuteronomy 16:10 - a tribute Judges 9:33 - as thou shalt find
27.
Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.
Leviticus 25:50-53
Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:24 - redemption Leviticus 27:18 - General
28.
But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.
and in the: Leviticus 25:13
he shall: Isaiah 35:9, Isaiah 35:10, Jeremiah 32:15, 1 Corinthians 15:52-54, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, 1 Peter 1:4, 1 Peter 1:5
Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:33 - shall go Leviticus 25:41 - shall return Leviticus 27:21 - when Leviticus 27:24 - General
29.
And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it.
A very proper difference is here made between houses in a city and houses in the country. The former might be redeemed any time in the course of a year; but after that time could not be redeemed, or go out with the Jubilee: the latter might be redeemed at any time; and if not redeemed must go out with the jubilee. The reason in both cases is sufficiently evident; the house in the city might be built merely for the purposes of trade or traffic - the house in the country was builded on, or attached to, the inheritance which God had divided to the respective families. It was therefore necessary that the same law should apply to the house as to the inheritance; which necessity did not exist with regard to the house in the city. And, as the house in the city might be purchased for the purpose of trade, it would be very inconvenient for the purchaser, when his business was established, to be obliged to remove.
Reciprocal: Genesis 24:55 - a few days Leviticus 27:14 - sanctify
30.
And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.
31.
But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile.
they may be redeemed: Heb. redemption belongeth unto it, Psalms 49:7, Psalms 49:8
Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:24 - redemption Leviticus 27:21 - when Ezekiel 7:13 - the seller
32.
Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
the cities: As the Levites had no inheritance in Israel, but only cities to dwell in; and consequently the houses in these cities were all they could call their own, therefore they could not be ultimately alienated. Numbers 35:2-8, Joshua 21:1-45
33.
And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.
a man purchase of the Levites: or, one of the Levites redeem them
shall go: Leviticus 25:28
for the houses: Numbers 18:20-24, Deuteronomy 18:1, Deuteronomy 18:2
Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:10 - every man Numbers 35:2 - General
34.
But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
Leviticus 25:23, Acts 4:36, Acts 4:37
Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:10 - every man 2 Chronicles 31:19 - the fields Jeremiah 32:7 - for
35.
And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
thy brother: Leviticus 25:25, Deuteronomy 15:7, Deuteronomy 15:8, Proverbs 14:20, Proverbs 14:21, Proverbs 17:5, Proverbs 19:17, Mark 14:7, John 12:8, 2 Corinthians 8:9, James 2:5, James 2:6
fallen in decay: Heb. his hand faileth
then: Psalms 37:26, Psalms 41:1, Psalms 112:5, Psalms 112:9, Proverbs 14:31, Luke 6:35, Acts 11:29, Romans 12:13, Romans 12:18, Romans 12:20, 2 Corinthians 9:1, 2 Corinthians 9:12-15, Galatians 2:10, 1 John 3:17
relieve: Heb. strengthen
a stranger: Leviticus 19:34, Exodus 23:9, Deuteronomy 10:18, Deuteronomy 10:19, Matthew 25:35, Hebrews 13:2
Reciprocal: Exodus 22:21 - vex a stranger Exodus 22:25 - General Leviticus 25:48 - General Deuteronomy 23:19 - General Nehemiah 5:1 - their brethren Nehemiah 5:3 - mortgaged Psalms 15:5 - putteth Proverbs 29:13 - meet Ezekiel 18:8 - hath not Ezekiel 22:12 - thou hast 1 Timothy 5:10 - if she have relieved
36.
Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
37.
Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
38.
I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.
which: Exodus 20:2
and to be: Leviticus 11:45, Leviticus 22:32, Leviticus 22:33, Numbers 15:41, Jeremiah 31:1, Jeremiah 31:33, Jeremiah 32:38, Hebrews 11:16
Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:13 - I am Leviticus 26:45 - whom I
39.
And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
be sold: Exodus 21:2, Exodus 22:3, Deuteronomy 15:12, 1 Kings 9:22, 2 Kings 4:1, Nehemiah 5:5, Jeremiah 34:14
compel him to serve as: Heb. serve thyself with him with the service of, etc. Leviticus 25:46, *marg. Exodus 1:14, Jeremiah 25:14, Jeremiah 27:7, Jeremiah 30:8
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 15:17 - for ever 2 Chronicles 8:9 - But of the 2 Chronicles 28:10 - keep Isaiah 50:1 - or which Jeremiah 34:8 - to proclaim Amos 8:6 - General Matthew 18:25 - commanded Ephesians 6:9 - ye Colossians 4:1 - give
40.
But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:
Exodus 21:2, Exodus 21:3
Reciprocal: Exodus 21:6 - for ever Leviticus 25:50 - according to the time Leviticus 25:54 - then Deuteronomy 24:14 - General 2 Kings 4:1 - the creditor
41.
And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.
then shall: Exodus 21:3, John 8:32, Romans 6:14, Titus 2:14
shall return: Leviticus 25:10, Leviticus 25:28
Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:54 - then
42.
For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
my servants: Leviticus 25:55, Romans 6:22, 1 Corinthians 7:21-23
as bondmen: Heb. with the sale of a bondman
Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:13 - I am Deuteronomy 15:13 - General Deuteronomy 20:11 - tributaries Isaiah 41:8 - thou John 8:33 - We be 1 Corinthians 7:23 - are
43.
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
rule: Leviticus 25:46, Leviticus 25:53, Exodus 1:13, Exodus 1:14, Exodus 2:23, Exodus 3:7, Exodus 3:9, Exodus 5:14, Isaiah 47:6, Isaiah 58:3, Ephesians 6:9, Colossians 4:1
but shalt: Leviticus 25:17, Exodus 1:17, Exodus 1:21, Deuteronomy 25:18, Malachi 3:5
Reciprocal: Genesis 42:18 - I fear God Job 31:13 - the cause
44.
Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
Exodus 12:44, Psalms 2:8, Psalms 2:9, Isaiah 14:1, Isaiah 14:2, Revelation 2:26, Revelation 2:27
Reciprocal: Exodus 21:2 - an Hebrew Numbers 31:18 - keep alive for yourselves Deuteronomy 5:14 - thy manservant
45.
Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
Isaiah 56:3-6
Reciprocal: Exodus 21:2 - and in the Exodus 21:21 - General
46.
And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
And ye shall: Isaiah 14:2
they shall be your bondmen for ever: Heb. ye shall serve yourselves with them, Leviticus 25:39
ye shall not rule: Leviticus 25:43
Reciprocal: Genesis 24:60 - thy seed Exodus 1:14 - was with rigour Exodus 21:21 - General Job 31:13 - the cause
47.
And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:
sojourner or stranger wax rich: Heb. the hand of a stranger, etc. obtain, etc. Leviticus 25:26, 1 Samuel 2:7, 1 Samuel 2:8, James 2:5
Reciprocal: Nehemiah 5:8 - redeemed
48.
After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:
Leviticus 25:25, Leviticus 25:35, Nehemiah 5:5, Nehemiah 5:8, Galatians 4:4, Galatians 4:5, Hebrews 2:11-13
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 4:1 - the creditor Job 6:23 - Redeem Psalms 31:5 - thou
49.
Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself.
or if he be: Leviticus 25:26
Reciprocal: Numbers 27:11 - kinsman Jeremiah 32:7 - for
50.
And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him.
reckon: Leviticus 25:27
price of his sale: This was a very equitable law, both to the sojourner to whom the man was sold, and to the Israelite who had been sold. The Israelite might redeem himself, or one of his kindred might redeem him; but this must not be done to the prejudice of his master. They were therefore to reckon the years he must have served, from that time till the jubilee; and then taking the current wages of a servant, per year, at that time, multiply the remaining years by that sum, and the aggregate was to be given to his master for his redemption. The Jews hold that the kindred of such a person were bound, if in their power, to redeem him, lest he should be swallowed up among the heathen; and we find - Nehemiah 5:8 that this was done by the Jews on their return from the Babylonish captivity.
according to the time: Leviticus 25:40, Leviticus 25:53, Deuteronomy 15:18, Job 7:1, Job 7:2, Job 14:6, Isaiah 16:14, Isaiah 21:16
Reciprocal: Luke 4:19 - General
51.
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.
Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:24 - redemption Leviticus 27:18 - General
52.
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.
jubilee: The jubilee was a wonderful institution, and of great service to the religion, freedom, and independence of the Hebrews. It was calculated to prevent the rich from oppressing the poor, and reducing them to perpetual slavery; and to hinder their obtaining possession of all the lands by purchase, mortgage, or usurpation. It was further intended, that debts should not be multiplied too much, lest the poor should be entirely ruined; that slaves should not always continue in servitude; that personal liberty, equality of property, and the regular order of families might, as much as possible, be preserved; and that the people might thus be strongly attached to their country, lands, and inheritances.
Reciprocal: Leviticus 27:18 - General
53.
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 25:43
Reciprocal: Exodus 1:14 - was with rigour Leviticus 25:50 - according to the time
54.
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 years: or, by these means
then: Leviticus 25:40, Leviticus 25:41, Exodus 21:2, Exodus 21:3, Isaiah 49:9, Isaiah 49:25, Isaiah 52:3
55.
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.
my servants: Leviticus 25:42, Exodus 13:3, Exodus 20:2, Psalms 116:16, Isaiah 43:3, Luke 1:74, Luke 1:75, Romans 6:14, Romans 6:17, Romans 6:18, Romans 6:22, 1 Corinthians 7:22, 1 Corinthians 7:23, 1 Corinthians 9:19, 1 Corinthians 9:21, Galatians 5:13
Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:13 - I am