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The Jubilee's Final Guarantee
Commentators agree that the Year of Jubilee served as the ultimate safety net. If an Israelite sold into servitude could not be redeemed by family or by his own means, this law guaranteed his freedom, along with his children's. This ensured that no Israelite would be trapped in permanent bondage, demonstrating God's provision for the vulnerable.
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Leviticus
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Albert Barnes
On Leviticus 25:47–54
18th Century
Theologian
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
On Leviticus 25:54
19th Century
Bishop
If he be not redeemed in these years. —Better, If he is not redeemed by these, that is, by the relations or the means indicated i…
John Gill
On Leviticus 25:54
17th Century
Pastor
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 th…
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Matthew Henry
On Leviticus 25:39–55
17th Century
Minister
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…