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It shall not seem hard to you when you let him go free from you, for he has been double the value of a hired hand as he served you six years. The LORD your God will bless you in all that you do.
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Verse 18. Hireling. His freedom is due to him, as much as wages are due to the hireling. He is alse entitled to a decent provision, for which he has laboured. Hebrew “he hath been worth twice as much to thee as a hired servant,” by his greater diligence, labour, and fidelity. Servitude has also rendered his worth doubly severe. Calmet.
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