Leviticus 25:41

41 Then he may leave you, take his children, and go back to his family and the land of his ancestors.

Leviticus 25:41 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 25:41

And [then] shall he depart from thee, [both] he and his
children with him
His sons and daughters, and his wife also, who is included in himself: if a man had a wife and children when he sold himself, or married afterwards, with his master's consent, he was obliged to maintain them ^F20; though they were not sold to him, nor properly his servants, and so had a right to go out with him: and shall return unto his own family;
his father's family, and that of his near relations, having been out of it during his time of servitude, and which the year of jubilee restored him to, ( Leviticus 25:10 ) ; and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return;
the estate his father left him by inheritance, and which he was obliged to sell in the time of his poverty, or which fell to him since by the death of his father; to this also he was restored in the year of jubilee, as is expressed in the text referred to.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 Maimon. in Misn. Kiddushin, c. 3. sect. 1.

Leviticus 25:41 In-Context

39 "'If anyone from your country becomes very poor and sells himself as a slave to you, you must not make him work like a slave.

40 He will be like a hired worker and a visitor with you until the year of Jubilee.

41 Then he may leave you, take his children, and go back to his family and the land of his ancestors.

42 This is because the Israelites are my servants, and I brought them out of slavery in Egypt. They must not become slaves again.

43 You must not rule this person cruelly, but you must respect your God.