Lìwèijì 25:53

53 Tā hé mǎi zhǔ tóng zhù , yào xiàng mĕi nián gù de gōngrén , mǎi zhǔ bùkĕ yán yán dì xiá guǎn tā .

Lìwèijì 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.

Lìwèijì 25:53 In-Context

51 Ruò quē shǎo de nián shǔ duō , jiù yào àn zhe nián shǔ cóng mǎi jià zhōng chánghuán tāde shújià .

52 Ruò dào xǐ nián zhǐ quē shǎo jǐ nián , jiù yào àn zhe nián shǔ hé mǎi zhǔ jìsuàn , chánghuán tāde shújià .

53 Tā hé mǎi zhǔ tóng zhù , yào xiàng mĕi nián gù de gōngrén , mǎi zhǔ bùkĕ yán yán dì xiá guǎn tā .

54 Tā ruò bù zhèyàng beì shú , dào le xǐ nián , yào hé tāde érnǚ yītóng chū qù .

55 Yīnwei Yǐsèliè rén dōu shì wǒde púrén , shì wǒ cóng Āijí dì lǐng chūlai de . wǒ shì Yēhéhuá nǐmen de shén .