Leviticus 25:54

54 If they are not set free in any of these ways, they and their children must be set free in the next Year of Restoration.

Leviticus 25:54 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 25:54

And if he be not redeemed in these [years]
The Targum of Jonathan supplies the text as we do, in any of the years from the time of his sale to the year of jubilee; and so Aben Ezra interprets it, in the years that remain to the jubilee; but he observes there are others that say, by the means of those above mentioned, that is, by his nearest of kin, or by himself; for the word "years" is not in the text, which may be supplied, either with "years" or "relations"; and so the Vulgate Latin, Septuagint, and Oriental versions read, "by these" means, things or persons: then he shall go out on the year of jubilee:
out of the house and service of him that bought him, he shall go out free and freely, without paying anything for his freedom, having served his full time unto which he was bought: [both] he and his children with him;
and his wife too, if he had any, who, was comprehended in himself, and whom, both wife and children, his master was obliged to maintain during his servitude.

Leviticus 25:54 In-Context

53 as if they had been hired on an annual basis. Their master must not treat them harshly.
54 If they are not set free in any of these ways, they and their children must be set free in the next Year of Restoration.
55 Israelites cannot be permanent slaves, because the people of Israel are the Lord's slaves. He brought them out of Egypt; he is the Lord their God.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.