Lev 25:40 | TNotes | STEP | 25:40 The terms hired worker ... temporary resident appear in parallel, suggesting they were similar in Israel’s socioeconomic system. Both terms describe day laborers who had no land and depended on landowners to hire them (see Matt 20:1-16 ; also see study note on Lev 19:13). • Jubilee: See study note on 25:8-17.

bMatt 20:1-16►

‏ Leviticus 25:40

25:40 ^a The terms hired worker ... temporary resident appear in parallel, suggesting they were similar in Israel’s socioeconomic system. Both terms describe day laborers who had no land and depended on landowners to hire them (see Matt 20:1-16 ^b; also see study note on Lev 19:13).

• Jubilee: See study note on 25:8-17.