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Leviticus 25:51-55 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

51. The more years there are, the more of the sale price they shall pay back as the redemption price;

52. the fewer years there are before the jubilee year, the more they have as credit; in proportion to the years of service they shall pay the redemption price.

53. The tenant alien shall treat those who sold themselves as laborers hired on an annual basis, and the alien shall not lord it over them harshly before your very eyes.

54. And if they are not redeemed by these means, they shall nevertheless be released, together with any children, in the jubilee year.

55. For the Israelites belong to me as servants; they are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt, I, the Lord, your God.

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