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.
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And if he be not redeemed in these years,.... The Targum of Jonathan supplies the text as we do, in any of the years from the time of his sale to the year of jubilee; and so Aben Ezra interprets it,…
A sojourner or stranger - Rather, a foreigner who has settled among you. See Lev 16:29, note; Exo 20:10, note. Lev 25:54 In these years - More properly, by one of these means. The extreme period of…
We have here the laws concerning servitude, designed to preserve the honour of the Jewish nation as a free people, and rescued by a divine power out of the house of bondage, into the glorious liberty…
The case of Israelites who are slaves of resident foreigners(H but with a large admixture of P)
Such a person might be redeemed, or, if he acquired the means, might redeem himself, the price of…
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