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Leviticus 25:53

Leviticus 25:53 is verse 53 of Leviticus chapter 25, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

He shall be treated like a man hired from year to year, but a foreign owner must not rule over him harshly in your sight.

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King James Version

And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.

World English Bible

As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him. He shall not rule with harshness over him in your sight.

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Leviticus 25:51–55 · Berean Standard Bible

51 If many years remain, he must pay for his redemption in proportion to his purchase price.

52 If only a few years remain until the Year of Jubilee, he is to calculate and pay his redemption according to his remaining years.

53 He shall be treated like a man hired from year to year, but a foreign owner must not rule over him harshly in your sight.

54 Even if he is not redeemed in any of these ways, he and his children shall be released in the Year of Jubilee.

55 For the Israelites are My servants. They are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

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