Exodus 21:2

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Summary

Exodus 21:2

If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

An hebrew

And in the

General references

Exodus 21:11

Leviticus 25:40

Deuteronomy 15:1

Bible References

An hebrew

But any slave of a man, an acquisition by money, and you have circumcised him, then he may eat it.

(If the sun has risen over him, [there is] bloodguilt for him. He will make full restitution. If {he does not have enough}, he will be sold for his theft.

May God give you of the dew of heaven and of the fatness of the earth, and abundance of grain and new wine.

" 'And if your countryman [who is] with you becomes poor, and he is sold to you, {you shall not treat him as a slave}.

A certain woman from the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, "Your servant my husband is dead. Now you know that your servant was a fearer of Yahweh, but the creditor came to take two of my children for himself as slaves.

Now there was a great cry of distress of the people and of their wives [against] their Jewish brothers.

And [because] he did not have [enough] to repay [it], the master ordered him to be sold, and his wife and his children and everything that he had, and to be repaid.

For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God with your body.

And in the

He shall be with you like a hired worker, like a temporary resident; he shall work with you until the Year of Jubilee.

"At the end of seven years you shall grant remission of debt.

Then Moses commanded them, {saying}, "At the end of seven years, in the time of the year for canceling debts during the Feast of Booths,

The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh after king Zedekiah {made} a covenant with all the people who [were] in Jerusalem to proclaim release to them,

General references

And if he does not do for her these three, she shall go out for nothing; there will not be silver [paid for her].

He shall be with you like a hired worker, like a temporary resident; he shall work with you until the Year of Jubilee.

"At the end of seven years you shall grant remission of debt.