Lux Domini
If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.

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Interpretation

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, through poverty, both his work and his usage must be such as were fitting for a son of Abraham.

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This thought runs through Leviticus 25:51-55.