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# until the year of Jubilee
An Israelite could be a slave only until the year of Jubilee. These instructions are for when an Israelite wanted to buy back his freedom before the year of Jubilee.
# The price of his redemption must be figured
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"They must figure the price of his redemption" or "They must figure how much to pay for the foreigner to set the Israelite free"
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# in keeping with the rate paid to a hired servant
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"according to the rate a person would pay to hire a servant"
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# for the number of years he might continue to work
"for the number of years until the jubilee that the Israelite would have continued to work but will not"
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