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The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 25, Verse 53

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52
And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with him, [and] according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption.
King James Version
[And] as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: [and the other] shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.
American Standard Version
As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him: he shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight.
New English Translation
He must be with the one who bought him like a yearly hired worker. The one who bought him must not rule over him harshly in your sight.
World English Bible
As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him: he shall not rule with harshness over him in your sight.
54
And if he be not redeemed in these [years], then he shall go out in the year of jubile, [both] he, and his children with him.
55
For unto me the children of Israel [are] servants; they [are] my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I [am] the LORD your God.
1
Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up [any] image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I [am] the LORD your God.
2
Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I [am] the LORD.
3
If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
4
Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
5
And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
6
And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make [you] afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
7
And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
8
And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.