Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

An hebrew

Exodus 12:44
but every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
Exodus 22:3
If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be bloodguiltiness for him; he shall make restitution: if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
Genesis 27:28
And God give thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of grain and new wine.
Leviticus 25:39
And if thy brother be waxed poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee; thou shalt not make him to serve as a bond-servant.
2 Kings 4:1
Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear Jehovah: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen.
Nehemiah 5:1
Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Matthew 18:25
But forasmuch as he had not wherewith to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
1 Corinthians 6:20
for ye were bought with a price: glorify God therefore in your body.

And in the

Leviticus 25:40
As a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee; he shall serve with thee unto the year of jubilee:
Deuteronomy 15:1
At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
Deuteronomy 31:10
And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every'seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,
Jeremiah 34:8
The word that came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people that were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;

General references

Exodus 21:11
And if he do not these three things unto her, then shall she go out for nothing, without money.
Leviticus 25:40
As a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee; he shall serve with thee unto the year of jubilee:
Deuteronomy 15:1
At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.

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