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.

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And in the

General references

Exodus 21:11

Leviticus 25:40

Deuteronomy 15:1

Bible References

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but every slave that is bought for money may eat of it after you have circumcised him.

but if the sun has risen on him, there shall be bloodguilt for him. He shall surely pay. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

May God give you of the dew of heaven and of the fatness of the earth and plenty of grain and wine.

"If your brother becomes poor beside you and sells himself to you, you shall not make him serve as a slave:

Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD, but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves."

Now there arose a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers.

And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.

for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

And in the

he shall be with you as a hired servant and as a sojourner. He shall serve with you until the year of the jubilee.

"At the end of every seven years you shall grant a release.

And Moses commanded them, "At the end of every seven years, at the set time in the year of release, at the Feast of Booths,

The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to make a proclamation of liberty to them,

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And if he does not do these three things for her, she shall go out for nothing, without payment of money.

he shall be with you as a hired servant and as a sojourner. He shall serve with you until the year of the jubilee.

"At the end of every seven years you shall grant a release.