Leviticus 25:41

41 Then he and his children must be set free. He will go back to his own tribe. He will go back to the property his people have always owned.

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.

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FOOTNOTES:

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

Leviticus 25:41 In-Context

39 " 'Suppose one of your own people becomes poor. And suppose he sells himself to you. Then do not make him work as a slave.

40 You must treat him like a hired worker. Or you must treat him like someone who is living among you for a while. " 'He must work for you until the Year of Jubilee.

41 Then he and his children must be set free. He will go back to his own tribe. He will go back to the property his people have always owned.

42 " 'The people of Israel are my servants. I brought them out of Egypt. So they must not be sold as slaves.

43 Show them pity when you rule over them. Have respect for me.