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If there remain but few years to the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according to his years shall he give back the price of his redemption.
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Fairness in Redemption
Commentators explain that this verse establishes a principle of profound fairness. The redemption price for an Israelite servant was not a flat fee but was carefully calculated based on the number of years left until the Jubilee. This ensured that even a gentile master was treated equitably and not taken advantage of, demonstrating God's concern for justice in all transactions.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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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19th Century
Anglican
And he shall reckon with him. —That is, either the man himself when he is able to redeem himself, or his relatives. The authoritie…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And if there remain but few years until the year of jubilee , &c.] Fewer than what he has served, then the less is g…
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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…
