Exodus 21:2

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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.

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General references

Exodus 21:11

Leviticus 25:40

Deuteronomy 15:1

Bible References

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but, every man's servant bought with silver, - when thou hast circumcised him, then, shall he eat thereof:

should the sun have arisen upon him, there would be shedding of blood due for him, - he is surely to make restitution, if he hath nothing, then is he to be sold, for his theft.

Then, may God give thee of the dew of the heavens, And of the fatness of the earth, - And abundance of corn and new wine:

And when thy brother waxeth poor with thee, and so selleth himself unto thee, thou shalt not bind him with the bondage of a bondman:

Now, a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets, made outcry unto Elisha, saying - Thy servant, my husband, is dead, and, thou, knowest that, thy servant, was one who revered Yahweh, - now, the creditor, hath come to take my two boys to himself as bondmen.

Then came there to be a great outcry of the people and their wives, - against their brethren the Jews.

and, he, not having, wherewith to pay, the master ordered him to be sold, and the wife, and the children, and whatsoever he had, - and payment to be made.

For ye have been bought with a price! Therefore glorify God in your body.

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as a hired servant, as a settler, shall he remain with thee, - until the year of the jubilee, shall he serve with thee:

At the end of seven years, shalt thou make a release.

And Moses commanded them, saying, - At the end of seven years in the appointed season of the year of release, during the festival of booths;

The word which came unto Jeremiah, from Yahweh, - after that King Zedekiah had solemnised a covenant with all the people who were in Jerusalem, proclaiming unto them liberty:

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But if these three, he will not do for her, then shall she go out for nought, without silver.

as a hired servant, as a settler, shall he remain with thee, - until the year of the jubilee, shall he serve with thee:

At the end of seven years, shalt thou make a release.