Leviticus 25:41

41 At that time they and their children shall leave you and return to their family and to the property of their ancestors.

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.


FOOTNOTES:

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

Leviticus 25:41 In-Context

39 If any Israelites living near you become so poor that they sell themselves to you as a slave, you shall not make them do the work of a slave.
40 They shall stay with you as hired workers and serve you until the next Year of Restoration.
41 At that time they and their children shall leave you and return to their family and to the property of their ancestors.
42 The people of Israel are the Lord's slaves, and he brought them out of Egypt; they must not be sold into slavery.
43 Do not treat them harshly, but obey your God.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.