Leviticus 25:41

41 Then he and his children are to be released from you, and he may return to his clan and his ancestral property.^[a]

Leviticus 25:41 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 25:41

And [then] shall he depart from thee, [both] he and his
children with him
His sons and daughters, and his wife also, who is included in himself: if a man had a wife and children when he sold himself, or married afterwards, with his master's consent, he was obliged to maintain them ^F20; though they were not sold to him, nor properly his servants, and so had a right to go out with him: and shall return unto his own family;
his father's family, and that of his near relations, having been out of it during his time of servitude, and which the year of jubilee restored him to, ( Leviticus 25:10 ) ; and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return;
the estate his father left him by inheritance, and which he was obliged to sell in the time of his poverty, or which fell to him since by the death of his father; to this also he was restored in the year of jubilee, as is expressed in the text referred to.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 Maimon. in Misn. Kiddushin, c. 3. sect. 1.

Leviticus 25:41 In-Context

39 "If your brother among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, you must not force him to do slave labor.

40 Let him stay with you as a hired hand or temporary resident; he may work for you until the Year of Jubilee.

41 Then he and his children are to be released from you, and he may return to his clan and his ancestral property.

42 They are not to be sold as slaves, because they are My slaves I brought out of the land of Egypt.

43 You are not to rule over them harshly but fear your God.

Footnotes

• [a]. Ex 21:3-6