Lévitique 25:53

53 Il sera comme un mercenaire à l'année, et celui chez qui il sera ne le traitera point avec dureté sous tes yeux.

Lévitique 25:53 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 25:53

[And] as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him
Being redeemable every year, and upon his redemption might quit his master's service, as an hireling may; and the price of his redemption to be valued according to the years he served, and as if he had been hired for so much a year; as well as he was to be treated in a kind and gentle manner, not as a bondman, but as if he was an hired servant, as follows: [and the other] shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight;
the person he is sold unto, his master, a sojourner or stranger, he might not use an Hebrew he had bought with any severity; for if an Hebrew master might not use an Hebrew servant with rigour, it was not by any means to be admitted in the commonwealth of Israel for a proselyte to use one in such a manner, and that openly, in the sight of an Israelite his neighbour; he looking on and not remonstrating against it, or acquainting the civil magistrate with it, who had it in his power to redress such a grievance, and ought to do it.

Lévitique 25:53 In-Context

51 S'il y a encore beaucoup d'années, il paiera son rachat à raison du prix de ces années et pour lequel il a été acheté;

52 s'il reste peu d'années jusqu'à celle du jubilé, il en fera le compte, et il paiera son rachat à raison de ces années.

53 Il sera comme un mercenaire à l'année, et celui chez qui il sera ne le traitera point avec dureté sous tes yeux.

54 S'il n'est racheté d'aucune de ces manières, il sortira l'année du jubilé, lui et ses enfants avec lui.

55 Car c'est de moi que les enfants d'Israël sont esclaves; ce sont mes esclaves, que j'ai fait sortir du pays d'Egypte. Je suis l'Eternel, votre Dieu.