King James Version
Leviticus 25:40 in the King James Version says “But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:” — study this verse from Leviticus chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:”
Leviticus 25:40 · KJV
I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.
And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant: compel: Heb. serve thyself with him with the service, etc
But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:
And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.
For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen. as: Heb. with the sale of a bondman
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and as a sojourner”
H8453a dweller but not outlandish [h5237]; especially (as distinguished from a native citizen [active participle of h3427] and a temporary inmate [h1616] o
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“of jubile”
H3104the blast of a horn (from its continuous sound); specifically, the signal of the silver trumpets; hence, the instrument itself and the festival thus i
“he shall be with thee and shall serve”
H5647to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
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