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HIRELING

A free person who worked for a wage (Heb. śāḵîr; Gk. misthōtós). Hirelings worked as farm laborers (Lev. 25:6), shepherds (John 10:12-13), and mercenaries (Jer. 46:21). The hireling’s “days” were toilsome and long (Job 7:1; 14:6). Animals were also hired for work (Exod. 22:15[MT 14]).

Hirelings served on a yearly (Lev. 25:53) or daily basis (Deut. 24:15), working the allotted time in order to receive their wages (Job 7:2). Isaiah refers to years “as a hireling would count them,” indicating that a hireling would not work one day beyond the agreement with his employer (Isa. 16:14; 21:16). Some employers paid oppressive wages, though the Law forbade the oppression of a hireling (Deut. 24:14-15).

Since a hireling had no ownership in his employment, responsibility was easily lacking. Jesus referred to this lack of commitment in a hired person (John 10:12-13).

Alan Ray Buescher






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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