Bible verse
He shall be treated like a man hired from year to year, but a foreign owner must not rule over him harshly in your sight.
Leviticus 25:53 · BSB
The verses around it, from Leviticus 25.
49 either his uncle or cousin or any close relative from his clan may redeem him. Or if he prospers, he may redeem himself.
50 He and his purchaser will then count the time from the year he sold himself up to the Year of Jubilee. The price of his sale will be determined by the number of years, based on the daily wages of a hired hand.
51 If many years remain, he must pay for his redemption in proportion to his purchase price.
52 If only a few years remain until the Year of Jubilee, he is to calculate and pay his redemption according to his remaining years.
53 He shall be treated like a man hired from year to year, but a foreign owner must not rule over him harshly in your sight.
54 Even if he is not redeemed in any of these ways, he and his children shall be released in the Year of Jubilee.
55 For the Israelites are My servants. They are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
KJV
[And] as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: [and the other] shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.
ASV
As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him: he shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight.
ERV
As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him: he shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.
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