Bible Verses About Redemption: Bond-servant

"'If a foreigner living with you has grown rich, and a member of your people has become poor and sells himself to this foreigner living with you or to a member of the foreigner's family,

he may be redeemed after he has been sold. One of his brothers may redeem him;

or his uncle or his uncle's son may redeem him; or any near relative of his may redeem him; or, if he becomes rich, he may redeem himself.

He will calculate with the person who bought him the time from the year he sold himself to him to the year of yovel; and the amount to be paid will be according to the number of years and his time at an employee's wage.

If many years remain, according to them will he refund the amount for his redemption from the amount he was bought for.

If there remain only a few years until the year of yovel, then he will calculate with him; according to his years will he refund the amount for his redemption.

He will be like a worker hired year by year. You will see to it that he is not treated harshly.

"'If he has not been redeemed by any of these procedures, nevertheless he will go free in the year of yovel -he and his children with him.