Leviticus 25:40

25:39 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: compel: Heb. serve thyself with him with the service, etc

But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:

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As a hired servant, and as a temporary resident, he shall be with you; he shall serve with you until the Year of Jubilee:

But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:

But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with you, and shall serve you to the year of jubilee.

25:41 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.

What does Leviticus 25:40 mean?

Leviticus 25:40 is a verse in the book of Leviticus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שָׂכִיר (sâkîyr), תּוֹשָׁב (tôwshâb), עָבַד (ʻâbad).

Hebrew interlinear

But

hired

servant,שָׂכִירsâkîyr/saw-keer'/H7916a man at wages by the day or year

and

sojourner,תּוֹשָׁבtôwshâb/to-shawb'/H8453resident alien

shall

with

thee,

and

shall

serveעָבַדʻâbad/aw-bad'/H5647to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.

thee

unto

the

yearשָׁנֶהshâneh/shaw-neh'/H8141a year (as a revolution of time)

jubile:יוֹבֵלyôwbêl/yo-bale'/H3104the blast of a horn (from its continuous sound); specifically, the signal of the silver trumpets; hence, the instrument itself and the festival thus introduced

Topics

Beneficence Debtor Jubilee Poor Servants

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Leviticus 25:40.

Exodus 12:45

A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.

Jeremiah 25:11

And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

Jeremiah 34:14

At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear. hath been: or, hath sold himself

Leviticus 22:10

There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

Leviticus 25:50

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.

Leviticus 25:6

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,

Frequently asked questions

What does Leviticus 25:40 say?

Leviticus 25:40 (King James Version) reads: "But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:"

Is Leviticus 25:40 in the Old or New Testament?

Leviticus 25:40 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Leviticus.

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