Lux Domini
And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him.

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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.