SEV Biblia, Chapter 25:46
Y los poseeréis por juro de heredad para vuestros hijos después de vosotros, como posesión hereditaria; para siempre os serviréis de ellos; pero en vuestros hermanos los hijos de Israel, no os enseñorearéis cada uno sobre su hermano con dureza.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 46. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you , etc.] Which they might leave them at their death to inherit, as they did their estates and lands; for such servants are, with the Jews f893 , said to be like immovable goods, as fields, vineyards, to inherit [them for] a possession ; as their property, as anything else that was bequeathed to hem, as negroes now are in our plantations abroad: thy shall be your bondmen for ever ; and not be released at the year jubilee, nor before nor after; unless they obtained their liberty, either by purchase, which they might make themselves, or by the means of others, or else by a writing under their master’s hand dismissing them from his service f894 ; or in case they were maimed by him, then he was obliged to let them go free, ( Exodus 21:26,27); but over your brethren, the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour ; which repeated for the confirmation of it, and for the fuller explanation and description of the person not to be ruled over with rigour; and that it might be the more taken notice of, and to make them the more careful in the observance of it and though this peculiarly respects masters’ treatment of their servants, yet Jarchi thinks it comprehends a prince over his people, and a king over his ministers, whom he may not rule with rigour.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 39-55 - A native Israelite, if sold for debt, or for a crime, was to serve but six years, and to go out the seventh. If he sold himself, throug poverty, both his work and his usage must be such as were fitting for son of Abraham. Masters are required to give to their servants tha which is just and equal, Col 4:1. At the year of jubilee the servan should go out free, he and his children, and should return to his ow family. This typified redemption from the service of sin and Satan, by the grace of God in Christ, whose truth makes us free, Joh 8:32. We cannot ransom our fellow-sinners, but we may point out Christ to them while by his grace our lives may adorn his gospel, express our love show our gratitude, and glorify his holy name __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
והתנחלתם 5157 אתם 853 לבניכם 1121 אחריכם 310 לרשׁת 3423 אחזה 272 לעלם 5769 בהם תעבדו 5647 ובאחיכם 251 בני 1121 ישׂראל 3478 אישׁ 376 באחיו 251 לא 3808 תרדה 7287 בו בפרך׃ 6531
