Common English Bible

Leviticus 25:46-51 Common English Bible (CEB)

46. You can pass them on to your children as inheritance that they can own as permanent property. You can make these people work as slaves, but you must not rule harshly over your own people, the Israelites.

47. If an immigrant or foreign guest prospers financially among you, but your fellow Israelite faces financial difficulty and so sells themselves to the immigrant or foreign guest, or to a descendant of a foreigner,

48. the Israelite will have the right to be bought back after they sold themselves. One of their relatives can buy them back:

49. their uncle or cousin can buy them back; one of their blood relatives from their family can buy them back; or they may be able to afford their own purchase.

50. The Israelite will calculate with their owner the time from the year they were sold until the Jubilee year. The price of their release will be based on the number of years they were with the owner, as in the case of a hired laborer.

51. If there are many years left before the Jubilee, the Israelite will pay for their purchase in proportion to their purchase price.