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Leviticus 25:50
He and his purchaser will then count the time from the year he sold himself up to the Year of Jubilee. The price of his sale will be determined by the number of years, based on the daily wages of a hired hand.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses addresses the Israelites in the wilderness, establishing legal procedures for debt slavery and redemption immediately after detailing who may redeem a relative.
The words — The verse centers on חִשּׁבּוּ (chi.Shav), meaning "he will calculate," and יוֹבֵל (yo.Vel), meaning "jubilee," to frame the mathematical reckoning of the service period.
The thread — This proportional accounting appears in Leviticus 25:40 regarding hired workers, and Isaiah 16:14 and 21:16 use the hired worker's counting of time to mark impending judgment.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to recognize that redemption is a structured, time-bound transaction, demanding precise accounting of remaining service against the original purchase price.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 16:14 And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”
- Isaiah 21:16 For this is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker would count it, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.
- Leviticus 25:40 Let him stay with you as a hired worker or temporary resident; he is to work for you until the Year of Jubilee.
- Leviticus 25:53 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.
- Deuteronomy 15:18 Do not regard it as a hardship to set your servant free, because his six years of service were worth twice the wages of a hired hand. And the LORD your God will bless you in all you do.
- Job 7:1 “Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?
- Job 14:6 look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.