Leviticus 25:41

41 after which he and his children are set free to go back to his clan and his ancestral land.

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 one of your brothers becomes indigent and has to sell himself to you, don't make him work as a slave.
40 Treat him as a hired hand or a guest among you. He will work for you until the Jubilee,
41 after which he and his children are set free to go back to his clan and his ancestral land.
42 Because the People of Israel are my servants whom I brought out of Egypt, they must never be sold as slaves.
43 Don't tyrannize them; fear your God.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.