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Leviticus 25:49-51
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49 or his uncle or his cousin[a] may redeem him, or any one of the rest of his blood relatives—his family[b]—may redeem him, or if[c] he prospers he may redeem himself. 50 He must calculate with the one who bought him the number of years[d] 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.[e] 51 If there are still many years, in keeping with them[f] he must refund most of the cost of his purchase for his redemption,

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  1. Leviticus 25:49 tn Heb “the son of his uncle.”
  2. Leviticus 25:49 tn Heb “or from the remainder of his flesh from his family.”
  3. Leviticus 25:49 tc The LXX, followed by the Syriac, actually has “if,” which is not in the MT.
  4. Leviticus 25:50 tn Heb “the years.”
  5. Leviticus 25:50 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.
  6. Leviticus 25:51 tn Heb “to the mouth of them.”
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