39 “If your brother among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you,(A) you must not force him to do slave labor. 40 Let him stay with you as a hired hand or temporary resident; he may work for you until the Year of Jubilee. 41 Then he and his children are to be released from you, and he may return to his clan and his ancestral property.(B) 42 They are not to be sold as slaves,[a] because they are My slaves that I brought out of the land of Egypt. 43 You are not to rule over them harshly(C) but fear your God. 44 Your male and female slaves are to be from the nations around you; you may purchase male and female slaves. 45 You may also purchase them from the foreigners staying with you, or from their families living among you—those born in your land. These may become your property. 46 You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But concerning your brothers, the Israelites, you must not rule over one another harshly.

47 “If a foreigner or temporary resident living among you prospers, but your brother living near him becomes destitute and sells himself to the foreigner living among you, or to a member of the foreigner’s clan, 48 he has the right of redemption after he has been sold. One of his brothers may redeem him. 49 His uncle or cousin may redeem him, or any of his close relatives from his clan may redeem him. If he prospers, he may redeem himself. 50 The one who purchased him is to calculate the time from the year he sold himself to him until the Year of Jubilee. The price of his sale will be determined by the number of years. It will be set for him like the daily wages of a hired hand. 51 If many years are still left, he must pay his redemption price in proportion to them based on his purchase price. 52 If only a few years remain until the Year of Jubilee, he will calculate and pay the price of his redemption in proportion to his remaining years. 53 He will stay with him like a man hired year by year. A foreign owner is not to rule over him harshly in your sight. 54 If he is not redeemed in any of these ways, he and his children are to be released at the Year of Jubilee. 55 For the Israelites are My slaves.(D) They are My slaves that I brought out of the land of Egypt; I am Yahweh your God.

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Notas al pie

  1. Leviticus 25:42 Lit sold with a sale of a slave

39 “‘And if your[a] countryman[b] who is with you becomes poor, and he is sold to you, you shall not treat him as a slave.[c] 40 He shall be with you like a hired worker, like a temporary resident; he shall work with you until the Year of Jubilee. 41 And he and his sons with him shall go out from you, and he shall return to his clan, and to the property of his ancestors[d] he shall return. 42 Because they are my servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt, they shall not be sold as a slave.[e] 43 You[f] shall not rule over him with ruthlessness, but[g] you shall revere your God.

44 “‘As for[h] your[i] slave and your[j] slave woman who are[k] yours,[l] from the nations that are all around you,[m] from them you[n] may buy a slave or[o] a slave woman. 45 And you[p] may buy also from the children[q] of the temporary residents who are dwelling with you as aliens and from their clan who are with you, who have children in your land; indeed,[r] they may be as property for you. 46 And you[s] may pass them on as an inheritance to your[t] sons[u] after you[v] to take possession of as property for all time[w]—you[x] may let them work. But[y] as for your[z] countrymen,[aa] the Israelites,[ab] you[ac] shall not rule with ruthlessness over one another.[ad]

47 “‘And if the alien or[ae] the temporary resident who are with you[af] prosper,[ag] but[ah] your countryman[ai] who is with him becomes poor and he is sold to an alien, a temporary resident who is with you, or to a descendant of an alien’s clan, 48 after he is sold redemption shall be for him; one of his brothers may redeem him, 49 or his uncle or his uncle’s son may redeem him, or one of[aj] his close relatives[ak] from his clan may redeem him; or if he prospers,[al] he may redeem himself. 50 And he shall calculate with his buyer from the year of his selling himself[am] until the Jubilee; and the value of his selling shall be according to the number of years—it shall be with him like[an] a hired worker’s days. 51 If there are still many years, in keeping with them[ao] he shall restore his redemption in proportion to his purchase price.[ap] 52 And if there are a few years left until the Year of Jubilee, then[aq] he shall calculate for himself; he shall restore his redemption according to the number of his years.[ar] 53 He shall be with him as a yearly hired worker;[as] he shall not rule over him with ruthlessness in your[at] sight.[au] 54 And if he is not redeemed by[av] any of these ways,[aw] then[ax] he and his sons with him shall go out in the Year of Jubilee. 55 Indeed,[ay] the Israelites[az] are servants for me; they are my servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your[ba] God.’”

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Notas al pie

  1. Leviticus 25:39 Singular throughout this verse
  2. Leviticus 25:39 Or “brother”
  3. Leviticus 25:39 Literally “you shall not let him work the work of a slave” or “you shall not enslave him the work of a slave”
  4. Leviticus 25:41 Or “fathers”
  5. Leviticus 25:42 Literally “a selling of a slave”
  6. Leviticus 25:43 Singular throughout this verse
  7. Leviticus 25:43 Or “and”
  8. Leviticus 25:44 Or “And”
  9. Leviticus 25:44 Singular
  10. Leviticus 25:44 Singular
  11. Leviticus 25:44 Or “may be” (permission; cf. NASU, ESV, NRSV) or “can be” (ability)
  12. Leviticus 25:44 Singular
  13. Leviticus 25:44 Plural
  14. Leviticus 25:44 Plural
  15. Leviticus 25:44 Or “and”
  16. Leviticus 25:45 Plural throughout this verse
  17. Leviticus 25:45 Or “sons”
  18. Leviticus 25:45 Or “and”
  19. Leviticus 25:46 Plural
  20. Leviticus 25:46 Plural
  21. Leviticus 25:46 Or “children”
  22. Leviticus 25:46 Plural
  23. Leviticus 25:46 Literally “to eternity” or “forever” or “for a long duration”
  24. Leviticus 25:46 Plural
  25. Leviticus 25:46 Or “And”
  26. Leviticus 25:46 Plural
  27. Leviticus 25:46 Or “brothers”
  28. Leviticus 25:46 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  29. Leviticus 25:46 Singular
  30. Leviticus 25:46 Literally “a man over his brother”
  31. Leviticus 25:47 Or “and”
  32. Leviticus 25:47 Singular throughout this verse
  33. Leviticus 25:47 Literally “the hand produces”
  34. Leviticus 25:47 Or “and”
  35. Leviticus 25:47 Or “brother”
  36. Leviticus 25:49 Literally “from”
  37. Leviticus 25:49 Literally “the direct relative of his flesh”
  38. Leviticus 25:49 Literally “his hand produces”
  39. Leviticus 25:50 Literally “his being sold for him”
  40. Leviticus 25:50 Or “as”
  41. Leviticus 25:51 Literally “to the mouth of them”
  42. Leviticus 25:51 Literally “from the price of his acquisition”
  43. Leviticus 25:52 Or “and”
  44. Leviticus 25:52 Literally “according to the mouth of his years”
  45. Leviticus 25:53 Literally “as a hired worker of a year in a year”
  46. Leviticus 25:53 Singular
  47. Leviticus 25:53 Literally “to your eyes” or “for your eyes”
  48. Leviticus 25:54 Or “in”
  49. Leviticus 25:54 Bracketed words provided from the sense of the context
  50. Leviticus 25:54 Or “and”
  51. Leviticus 25:55 Emphatic use of כִּי, since there is no indication of direct causation to only what precedes in vv. 47–54; or “Because”
  52. Leviticus 25:55 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  53. Leviticus 25:55 Plural