And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.
Parallel translations
- WEB then he shall go out from you, he and his children with him, and shall return to his own family, and to the possession of his fathers.
- BSB Then he and his children are to be released, and he may return to his clan and to the property of his fathers.
- NKJV And then he shall depart from you—he and his children with him—and shall return to his own family. He shall return to the possession of his fathers.
- NASB He shall then leave you, he and his sons with him, and shall go back to his family, so that he may return to the property of his forefathers.
- NLT At that time he and his children will no longer be obligated to you, and they will return to their clans and go back to the land originally allotted to their ancestors.
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Quick answer
At the Jubilee he and his children would go free and return to their family and property. Restoration was guaranteed for the indentured Israelite.
Overview
The Jubilee released the servant and his children to rejoin their family and reclaim their ancestral land. This prevented hereditary bondage and restored each household's inheritance. The release pictures the freedom and restored inheritance God grants his people through the gospel.
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- Lev 25:28But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.
- Exod 21:3If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
- Titus 2:14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
- Rom 6:14For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
- Lev 25:10And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
- John 8:32And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
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