Leviticus 25:40

“[But] as an hired servant, etc.] Who is hired by the day, or month, or year; and, when his time is up, receives his wages and goes where he pleases, and while a servant is not under such despotic power and government as a slave is: [and] as a sojourner; an inmate, one that dwells in part of a man’s house, or boards and lodges with him, and whom he treats in a kind and familiar manner, rather like one of his own family than otherwise: he shall be with thee; as under the above characters, and used as such: this the Jews refer to food and drink, and other things, as they do, (<051516>Deuteronomy 15:16); and say f886 that a master might not eat fine bread, and his servant bread of bran; nor…”

“The law here appears harmoniously to supplement the earlier one in Exodus 21:1-6. It was another check applied periodically to the tyranny of the rich. Compare Jeremiah 34:8-17. return to 'Top of Page'”

“25:40 The terms hired worker . . . temporary resident appear in parallel, suggesting they were similar in Israel’s socioeconomic system. Both terms describe day laborers who had no land and depended on landowners to hire them (see Matt 20:1-16; also see study note on Lev 19:13). • Jubilee: See study note on 25:8-17.”

“Exo 21:2, Exo 21:3 Leviticus 25:41”