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Elberfelder Bibel

3 Mose 25:50

Und er soll mit seinem Käufer rechnen von dem Jahre an, da er sich ihm verkauft hat, bis zum Jubeljahre; und der Preis, um den er sich verkauft hat, soll der Zahl der Jahre gemäß sein; nach den Tagen eines Tagelöhners soll er bei ihm sein.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Debtor;   Jubilee;   Servant;   Scofield Reference Index - Imputation;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Redemption;   Servants;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jubilee;   Poor;   Servant;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Amos, Theology of;   Jubilee, Year of;   Kinsman-Redeemer;   Ruth, Theology of;   Slave, Slavery;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Freedom;   Loan;   Poor;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Agriculture;   Jubilee;   Loan;   Poor;   Slave;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Festivals;   Leviticus;   Number Systems and Number Symbolism;   Pentateuch;   Slave/servant;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the Old Testament;   Congregation, Assembly;   Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Hexateuch;   Holiness;   Law;   Leviticus;   Number;   Poverty;   Priests and Levites;   Sabbatical Year;   Sanctification, Sanctify;   Slave, Slavery;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Science (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jubilee;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Feasts;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jubilee;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Law of Moses;   Poor;   Slave;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Other Laws;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jubilee Year;   Number;   Sale;   Slave;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Go'el;   Slaves and Slavery;  

Parallel Translations

Schlachter Bibel (1951)
Er soll aber mit seinem Käufer rechnen von dem Jahr an, da er sich ihm verkauft hat, bis zum Jubeljahr. Und der Preis seines Verkaufs soll nach der Zahl der Jahre berechnet werden, und er soll diese Zeit wie ein Taglöhner bei ihm sein.
Lutherbible (1912)
Und soll mit seinem Käufer rechnen von dem Jahr an, da er sich verkauft hatte, bis aufs Halljahr; und das Geld, darum er sich verkauft hat, soll nach der Zahl der Jahre gerechnet werden, als wäre er die ganze Zeit Tagelöhner bei ihm gewesen.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

reckon: Leviticus 25:27

price of his sale: This was a very equitable law, both to the sojourner to whom the man was sold, and to the Israelite who had been sold. The Israelite might redeem himself, or one of his kindred might redeem him; but this must not be done to the prejudice of his master. They were therefore to reckon the years he must have served, from that time till the jubilee; and then taking the current wages of a servant, per year, at that time, multiply the remaining years by that sum, and the aggregate was to be given to his master for his redemption. The Jews hold that the kindred of such a person were bound, if in their power, to redeem him, lest he should be swallowed up among the heathen; and we find - Nehemiah 5:8 that this was done by the Jews on their return from the Babylonish captivity.

according to the time: Leviticus 25:40, Leviticus 25:53, Deuteronomy 15:18, Job 7:1, Job 7:2, Job 14:6, Isaiah 16:14, Isaiah 21:16

Reciprocal: Luke 4:19 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he shall reckon with him that bought him,.... That is, either the man himself should reckon with him, or whoever undertook to redeem him:

from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubilee; and so count how many years he had served, and how many were yet to come; and by this it appears, that one thus sold was not released at the end of six years, or the sabbatical year did not free him:

and the price of his sale shall be according to the number of years; whether more or fewer, as after explained:

according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him; the time of service he had served his master shall be reckoned, as if he had been hired for so much a year; and according to the number of years he had been with him, so much per annum was to be deducted from the original purchase, and the rest to be made for his redemption to him that bought him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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

Leviticus 25:54

In these years - More properly, by one of these means. The extreme period of servitude in this case was six years, as when the master was a Hebrew Exodus 21:2.

Looking at the law of the Jubilee from a simply practical point of view, its operation must have tended to remedy those evils which are always growing up in the ordinary conditions of human society. It prevented the permanent accumulation of land in the hands of a few, and periodically raised those whom fault or misfortune had sunk into poverty to a position of competency. It must also have tended to keep alive family feeling, and helped to preserve the family genealogies.

But in its more special character, as a law given by Yahweh to His special people, it was a standing lesson to those who would rightly regard it, on the terms upon which the enjoyment of the land of promise had been conferred upon them. All the land belonged to Yahweh as its supreme Lord, every Israelite as His vassal belonged to Him. The voice of the Jubilee horns, twice in every century, proclaimed the equitable and beneficent social order appointed for the people; they sounded that acceptable year of Yahweh which was to bring comfort to all that mourned, in which the slavery of sin was to be abolished, and the true liberty of God’s children was to be proclaimed Luke 2:25; Isaiah 61:2; Luke 4:19; Acts 3:21; Romans 8:19-23; 1 Peter 1:3-4.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Leviticus 25:50. The price of his sale shall be, c. — This was a very equitable law, both for the sojourner to whom the man was sold, and to the Israelite who had been thus sold. The Israelite might redeem himself, or one of his kindred might redeem him but this must not be done to the prejudice of his master, the sojourner. They were therefore to reckon the years he must have served from that time till the jubilee; and then, taking the current wages of a servant per year at that time, multiply the remaining years by that sum, and the aggregate was the sum to be given to his master for his redemption. The Jews hold that the kindred of such a person were bound, if in their power, to redeem him, lest he should be swallowed up among the heathen; and we find, from Nehemiah 5:8, that this was done by the Jews on their return from the Babylonish captivity: We, after our ability, have redeemed our brethren the Jews, who were sold unto the heathen.


 
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