Levitico 25:53

53 Starà da lui come un lavorante fissato annualmente; il padrone non lo dominerà con asprezza sotto i tuoi occhi.

Levitico 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.

Levitico 25:53 In-Context

51 Se vi sono ancora molti anni per arrivare al giubileo, pagherà il suo riscatto in ragione di questi anni, e in proporzione del prezzo per il quale fu comprato:

52 se rimangon pochi anni per arrivare al giubileo, farà il conto col suo compratore, e pagherà il prezzo del suo riscatto in ragione di quegli anni.

53 Starà da lui come un lavorante fissato annualmente; il padrone non lo dominerà con asprezza sotto i tuoi occhi.

54 E se non è riscattato in alcuno di quei modi, se ne uscirà libero l’anno del giubileo: egli, coi suoi figliuoli.

55 Poiché i figliuoli d’Israele son servi miei; sono miei servi, che ho tratto dal paese d’Egitto. Io sono l’Eterno, l’Iddio vostro.