Leviticus 25:50-53

25:50 He must calculate with the one who bought him the number of years ¹  from the year he sold himself to him until the jubilee year, and the cost of his sale must correspond to the number of years, according to the rate of wages a hired worker would have earned while with him. ²  25:51 If there are still many years, in keeping with them ³  he must refund most of the cost of his purchase for his redemption, 25:52 but if only a few years remain ⁴  until the jubilee, he must calculate for himself in keeping with the remaining years and refund it for his redemption. 25:53 He must be with the one who bought him ⁵  like a yearly hired worker. ⁶  The one who bought him ⁷  must not rule over him harshly in your sight.

¹ tn Heb “the years.”

² tn Heb “as days of a hired worker he shall be with him.” For this and the following verses see the explanation in P. J. Budd, Leviticus (NCBC), 358-59.

³ tn Heb “to the mouth of them.”

⁴ tn Heb “but if a little remains in the years.”

⁵ tn Heb “be with him”; the referent (the one who bought him) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Heb “As a hired worker year in year.”

⁷ tn Heb “He”; the referent (the one who bought him) has been specified in the translation for clarity.