They will negotiate the price of their freedom with the person who bought them. The price will be based on the number of years from the time they were sold until the next Year of Jubilee—whatever it would cost to hire a worker for that period of time.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

A sojourner or stranger — Rather, a foreigner who has settled among you. See Leviticus 16:29, note; Exodus 20:10, note.

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

And he shall reckon with him. —That is, either the man himself when he is able to redeem himself, or his relatives. The authoritie…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And he shall reckon with him that bought him That is, either the man himself should reckon with him, or whoever undertook…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

A native Israelite, if sold for debt or for a crime, was to serve only six years and to go out free in the seventh. If he sold himself because of p…