📜WEB · Leviticus 25:41

What does Leviticus 25:41 mean?

"then he shall go out from you, he and his children with him, and shall return to his own family, and to the possession of his fathers."

— Leviticus 25:41 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

38

I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.

39

“‘If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you; you shall not make him to serve as a slave.

40

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

41

then he shall go out from you, he and his children with him, and shall return to his own family, and to the possession of his fathers.

42

For they are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. They shall not be sold as slaves.

43

You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.

44

“‘As for your male and your female slaves, whom you may have; of the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves.

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