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until the year of Jubilee
An Israelite could be a slave only until the year of Jubilee. These instructions are for when an Israelite wanted to buy back his freedom before the year of Jubilee.
The price of his redemption must be figured
"They must figure the price of his redemption" or "They must figure how much to pay for the foreigner to set the Israelite free"
in keeping with the rate paid to a hired servant
"according to the rate a person would pay to hire a servant"
for the number of years he might continue to work
"for the number of years until the jubilee that the Israelite would have continued to work but will not"