“And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him.”
They and their buyer are to count the time from the year they sold themselves up to the Year of Jubilee. The price for their freedom is to be based on the rate paid to a hired worker for that number of years. The Jubilee-adjusted pricing for the personal redemption: the cost of buying back one's freedom is based on the remaining years until the Jubilee at the rate of a hired worker. The same transparent pricing that applies to land sales applies to personal redemption: the time remaining determines the cost, not the master's market power.
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