Leviticus 25:50
in Leviticus 25He 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he sold himself to him unto the year of jubilee: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years; according to the time of a hired servant shall he be with him.
KJV
And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him.
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This verse in Leviticus 25
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The ransom money was determined on a most equitable principle. Taking account of the number of years from the proposal to redeem and the Jubilee, of the current wages of labor for that time, and multiplying the remaining years by that sum, the amount was to be paid to the master for his redemption.
This site's exposition
he shall reckon with him that bought him
on Leviticus 25:50-52
The ransom is arithmetic. Years are counted from the sale to the jubile and priced at the wage of a hired servant, so what changes hands is the value of the work left in him. It is the calculation the chapter used on a field at verses 15 and 16, applied to a person, and it protects the buyer as well as the man being redeemed.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
According to the time of an hired servant - Allowance shall be made for the time wherein he hath served, proportionable to that which is given to an hired servant for so long service, because his condition is in this like theirs; it is not properly his person, but his work and labour that was sold.
1 And the L ORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the L ORD .
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And he shall reckon with him that bought him,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The price of his sale shall be, etc. - This was a very equitable law, both for the sojourner to whom the man was sold, and to the Israelite who had been thus sold. The Israelite might redeem himself, or one of his kindred might redeem him; but this must not be done to the prejudice of his master, the sojourner.
The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְחִשַּׁב֙ | vechishav | and he will calculate | H2803 → | 124 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| קֹנֵ֔הוּ | konehu | [the] [one who] bought him | H7069 → | 84 times |
| מִשְּׁנַת֙ | mishenat | from [the] year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| הִמָּ֣כְרוֹ | himakherov | he sold himself | H4376 → | 80 times |
| ל֔וֹ | lo | to <the> him | ||
| עַ֖ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| שְׁנַ֣ת | shenat | [the] year of | H8141 → | 877 times |
| הַיֹּבֵ֑ל | haiyovel | the jubilee | H3104 → | 27 times |
| וְהָיָ֞ה | vehayah | and it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| כֶּ֤סֶף | kesef | [the] silver of | H3701 → | 403 times |
| מִמְכָּרוֹ֙ | mikaro | sale his | H4465 → | 10 times |
| בְּמִסְפַּ֣ר | bemispar | by [the] number of | H4557 → | 134 times |
| שָׁנִ֔ים | shanim | years | H8141 → | 877 times |
| כִּימֵ֥י | kimei | according to [the] days of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| שָׂכִ֖יר | sakhir | a hired laborer | H7916 → | 17 times |
| יִהְיֶ֥ה | yihyeh | he will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| עִמּֽוֹ׃ | imo | with him | H5973 → | 1050 times |
וְחִשַּׁב֙and he will calculate
vechishavH2803 →124 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
קֹנֵ֔הוּ[the] [one who] bought him
konehuH7069 →84 times
מִשְּׁנַת֙from [the] year
mishenatH8141 →877 times
הִמָּ֣כְרוֹhe sold himself
himakherovH4376 →80 times
ל֔וֹto <the> him
lo
עַ֖דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
שְׁנַ֣ת[the] year of
shenatH8141 →877 times
הַיֹּבֵ֑לthe jubilee
haiyovelH3104 →27 times
וְהָיָ֞הand it will be
vehayahH1961 →3559 times
כֶּ֤סֶף[the] silver of
kesefH3701 →403 times
מִמְכָּרוֹ֙sale his
mikaroH4465 →10 times
בְּמִסְפַּ֣רby [the] number of
bemisparH4557 →134 times
שָׁנִ֔יםyears
shanimH8141 →877 times
כִּימֵ֥יaccording to [the] days of
kimeiH3117 →2304 times
שָׂכִ֖ירa hired laborer
sakhirH7916 →17 times
יִהְיֶ֥הhe will be
yihyehH1961 →3559 times
עִמּֽוֹ׃with him
imoH5973 →1050 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 21:16For this is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker would count it, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.
it leads to
- Isaiah 16:14
And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 60:7
All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you and go up on My altar with acceptance; I will adorn My glorious house.
- Psalms 120:5
Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
- Song of Solomon 1:5
I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
- Ezekiel 27:21
Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers, trading in lambs, rams, and goats.
- Isaiah 16:14
Through
Isaiah 16:14And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will…
it leads to
- Isaiah 21:16
For this is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker would count it, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 48:46–47
Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished; for your sons have been taken into exile and your daughters have gone into captivity.
- Isaiah 21:16
Through
Leviticus 25:40Let him stay with you as a hired worker or temporary resident; he is to work for you until the Year of Jubilee.
it leads to
- Exodus 21:2–3
If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything.
- Exodus 21:2–3
Where this verse is studied
About Leviticus

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
