reckon

Leviticus 25:27 Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the remainder to the man to whom he sold it...

price of his sale This was a very equitable law, both to the sojourner to whom the man was sold, and to the Israelite who had been sold. The Israelite might redeem himself, or one of his kindred might redeem him; but this must not be done to the prejudice of his master. They were therefore to reckon the years he must have served, from that time till the jubilee; and then taking the current wages of a servant, per year, at that time, multiply the remaining years by that sum, and the aggregate was to be given to his master for his redemption. The Jews hold that the kindred of such a person were bound, if in their power, to redeem him, lest he should be swallowed up among the heathen; and we find (ne

Leviticus 5:8 And he shall bring them to the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck...

) that this was done by the Jews on their return from the Babylonish captivity.

according to the time

Leviticus 25:40,53 But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with you, and shall serve you to the year of jubilee...

Deuteronomy 15:18 It shall not seem hard to you, when you send him away free from you; for he has been worth a double hired servant to you...

Job 7:1,2 Is there not an appointed time to man on earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling...

Job 14:6 Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.

Isaiah 16:14 But now the LORD has spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned...

Isaiah 21:16 For thus has the LORD said to me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail: