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53 He shall be with him as a yearly hired worker;[a] he shall not rule over him with ruthlessness in your[b] sight.[c] 54 And if he is not redeemed by[d] any of these ways,[e] then[f] he and his sons with him shall go out in the Year of Jubilee. 55 Indeed,[g] the Israelites[h] are servants for me; they are my servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your[i] God.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 25:53 Literally “as a hired worker of a year in a year”
  2. Leviticus 25:53 Singular
  3. Leviticus 25:53 Literally “to your eyes” or “for your eyes”
  4. Leviticus 25:54 Or “in”
  5. Leviticus 25:54 Bracketed words provided from the sense of the context
  6. Leviticus 25:54 Or “and”
  7. Leviticus 25:55 Emphatic use of כִּי, since there is no indication of direct causation to only what precedes in vv. 47–54; or “Because”
  8. Leviticus 25:55 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  9. Leviticus 25:55 Plural